| Scientific Name: | Taxus brevifolia |
| Common Name: | Pacific yew, western yew |
| Family Name: | Taxaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Irregular |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Medicinal plant, Native planting, Reclamation, Tall background, Waterside planting, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Needle-like, Alternate, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Falcate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), (Accessory tissue), Red, Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small tree 2-15m tall, often shrubby or irregular; branches spreading to drooping in flat sprays; leaves whorled but appearing 2-ranked, linear (8-)12-18(-35)mm long x 1-3mm wide, yellow-green, petiole about 1mm long, decurrent leaf base 5-8mm long; male cones rounded on separate trees, 3mm long; seed cones with aril round to less commonly oval, up to 1cm wide, seed ovoid, 5-6.5mm long. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/ta/Taxus_brevifolia.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |