Florida Yew
Taxus floridana
Florida yew is a rare, shade-loving evergreen confined to ravines along Florida's Apalachicola River, with soft dark needles and red fleshy arils. A critically imperiled relict conifer; foliage and seeds are toxic.
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–18 ft
- Spacing
- 12–18 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- September
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- FL