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yew (Taxus spp.; YEW FAMILY [Taxaceae]) Our species are evergreen shrubs with flat, minutely stalked needles, 2-ranked on smooth twigs.  Needles distinguishable from fir and hemlock by lack of obvious pale lines of stomates on underside.  Cone is small, red, fleshy, and berry-like.  Our single native species almost eradicated by deer browsing, but Japanese yew is widely planted as an ornamental shrub or hedge.  [014]

 

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