Foliage Notes:
Green (The evergreen foliage is dark green on top and lighter green below)
Fruit Notes:
Red;brown (Female plants have a fleshy, red aril that surrounds a hard, brown nutlet; the aril is the only part of Taxus that is not poisonous)
Soil Notes:
Quite adaptable to various soil types
Range:
Various northern temperate regions
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The flat, needle-like leaves are usually glossy, dark green above, light green below, and can be arranged radially or in a flat plane. Mostly dioecious; female cones are small, stalked, and conical and male cones are globose. Bark is reddish-brown and exfoliates on older plants.
