In the temperate regions of Europe, North America and Japan, although yews have been planted in gardens as ornamentals and as hedges, these ancient species grow very slowly, and are difficult to raise artificially in large numbers. Yews have never been important commercial species, and so in other countries too there are very few artificial plantations.
歐美與日本溫帶地區，雖有紅豆杉被引種作為庭園觀賞植物與綠籬，屬於古老物種的紅豆杉卻生長緩慢，人工大量栽培困難，它又從不是重要樹種，國外也很少出現人造林。