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Pacific Yew
Also known as Pacific yew tree
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Taxus brevifolia, the Pacific yew or western yew, is a species of conifer in the yew family, Taxaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It is a small tree, thriving in moisture and otherwise tending to take the form of a shrub.
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Research Mentions
Paclitaxel.
Cancer drug in your garden's yew hedge — or the Pacific yew in old-growth forests — is one of med...
Scientists crack the yew tree's cancer-drug recipe for lab brewing
The Pacific yew hedges planted in shady yards grow so slowly that harvesting their bark for medic...
Engineering an Artificial Taxol Biosynthetic Pathway from Baccatin ...
Pacific yew trees, once stripped from old-growth forests to harvest Taxol bark at the rate of six...
Taxonomy
Hardiness:
Zone 5
Habit:
tree
Bloom:
Early Summer
