The report Propagation of Taiwan Yew by Stem Cuttings, published with funding from the National Science Council, also points out that the Taiwan yew is one of Taiwan's more rare and valuable tree species, and the large-scale felling of it following the introduction of a plantation-based forest management policy in 1965 made it even rarer, so that it "now survives only in a few scattered locations of difficult access."
國科會補助出版的「台灣紅豆杉插條繁殖實驗」報告中指出，台灣紅豆杉為本省稀有而貴重樹種，在一九六五年實施林相變更後，遭到大量砍伐，使此原本稀有的樹種更形稀少，「有者亦只是散落在幾處交通不便之處。」