Recently, large trees are unscrupulously poached for wood and exploitation of the species for medicinal purposes is further threatening it.In many areas yew has been nearly extirpated.

• 近年来，除了有人砍大树猎取木材外，药用加剧了对其资源的掠夺，野生红豆杉濒临灭绝，在许多原来有大面积分布的地方现在已经不再见其踪迹。