Yew Tree

Yew is a common name given to various species of trees. It is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''

Taxus ''Taxus'' is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of , with trunk girth averaging . They have reddish bark, lanceolate, flat, ...

'': * European yew or common yew (''

Taxus baccata ''Taxus baccata'' is a species of evergreen tree in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the famil ...

'') * Pacific yew or western yew ('' Taxus brevifolia'') * Canadian yew ('' Taxus canadensis'') * Chinese yew ('' Taxus chinensis'') * Japanese yew ('' Taxus cuspidata'') * Florida yew ('' Taxus floridana'') * Mexican yew (''

Taxus globosa ''Taxus globosa'', the Mexican yew, is an evergreen shrub and one of the eight species of yew. The Mexican yew is a rare species, only known to be found in a small number of locations in eastern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras ...

'') * Sumatran yew ('' Taxus sumatrana'') * Himalayan yew ('' Taxus wallichiana'') * '' Taxus masonii'' (Eocene fossil yew) It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families

Taxaceae Taxaceae (), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species. Description They are many-bran ...

and Cephalotaxaceae: * White-berry yew ('' Pseudotaxus chienii'') * New Caledonian yew or southern yew ('' Austrotaxus spicata'') * Catkin-yew ('' Amentotaxus sp.'') * Plum-yew ('' Cephalotaxus sp.'') Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name: * Prince Albert's yew ('' Saxegothaea conspicua'') * Plum-yew ('' Prumnopitys sp.'') {{Plant common name Shrubs