Florida yew

It is a evergreen coniferous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall, with a trunk up to 38 cm diameter. The bark is thin, scaly purple-brown, and the branches are spreading. The shoots are green at first, becoming brown after three or four years. The leaves are thin, flat, slightly falcate , 1–2.9 cm long and 1–2 mm broad, with a bluntly acute apex; they are arranged spirally on the shoots but twisted at the base to appear in two horizontal ranks on all except for erect lead shoots. It is dioecious, with the male and female cones on separate plants; the seed cone is highly modified, berry-like, with a single scale developing into a soft, juicy red aril 1 cm diameter, containing a single dark brown seed 5–6 mm long. The pollen cones are globose, 4 mm diameter, produced on the undersides of the shoots in early spring.

This rare Florida yew is thriving in Jack's North Florida garden near Tallahassee where it grows on the sloping side of a sinkhole. Description Florida yew is an evergreen shrub or small tree, rarely to 25 ft (7.6 m) and usually less than 15 ft (4.6 m) tall. It has numerous spreading, horizontal branches that give it a bushy appearance. The leaves are needle-like and flat, about 1 in (2. More

The rare Florida yew is found only along the Appalachicola River in the Florida panhandle. Tips & Warnings * Yews are poisonous. Keep children away from them. More