Although from the 1980s onward, silviculturists tried eagerly to raise seedlings and sowed many seeds, the germination rate was always less than 5 %, and the number of cuttings which rooted was never more than one in five.
民國七十幾年後林業界雖有培育紅豆杉苗木的雄心壯志，陸續進行播種，種子發芽率卻只在百分之五以下，扦插發根率也一直不到五分之一。