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Tieshan Yew in Zixi

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The southern yew is a Class I nationally protected key plant in China. It is recognized worldwide as a rare, naturally occurring, endangered anti-cancer plant and an ancient species left over from the Quaternary Ice Age, with a history of 2.5 million years on Earth. In the forest park, the southern yews are mainly distributed in the Second Work Area and adjacent to the Crape Myrtle Forest...

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Southern Yew

A Class I nationally protected key plant. It is recognized worldwide as a rare, naturally occurring, endangered anti-cancer plant and an ancient species left over from the Quaternary Ice Age, with a history of 2.5 million years on Earth. In the forest park, the southern yews are mainly found in over 500 acres of forest adjacent to the Second Work Area and the Crape Myrtle Forest, totaling more than 30 trees, with the larger ones having a diameter at breast height of over 30 centimeters.

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