Taxus brevifolia | |
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Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) foliage and fruit | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Taxaceae |
Genus: | Taxus |
Species: | T. brevifolia
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Binomial name | |
Taxus brevifolia | |
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Natural range | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Taxus brevifolia, the Pacific yew or western yew, is a species of tree in the yew family Taxaceae native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It is a small evergreen conifer, thriving in moisture and otherwise tending to take the form of a shrub.