Taxus brevifolia

Taxus brevifolia
Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) foliage and fruit
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Taxaceae
Genus:	Taxus
Species:	T. brevifolia
Binomial name
Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Natural range
Synonyms[2][3]
Taxus baccata subsp. brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilg. Taxus baccata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Koehne Taxus baccata var. canadensis Benth. Taxus boursieri Carrière Taxus brevifolia var. polychaeta Spjut Taxus brevifolia subsp. polychaeta (Spjut) Silba Taxus brevifolia var. reptaneta Spjut Taxus brevifolia subsp. reptaneta (Spjut) Silba Taxus lindleyana A. Murray bis Taxus occidentalis Nutt.

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.