WESTERN YEW

also called Pacific Yew, California Yew, Oregon Yew, or American Yew (Taxus brevifolia), an evergreen timber tree of the yew family (Taxaceae). It is the only commercially important yew native to North America, where it is found from Alaska to California. Usually between 5 and 15 m (about 15 to 50 feet) tall, it sometimes reaches 25 m. See also yew.