Pacific Yew (Taxus Species)
Cultivated
Yews are evergreen shrubs or small trees with reddish-brown bark in thin flaking scales; leaves are dark green to yellow-green, shaped like a narrow sickle, stiff, 1.25 to 2.5 cm long, and pointed at the apex. Fruit is bright scarlet red or sometimes yellow and fleshy.
Toxicity
Poisonous
Berries/Fruits
Fruit is bright scarlet red or sometimes yellow and fleshy surrounding a green seed.
Flowers
Inconspicuous
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