Irish Yew                TAKS-us ba-KA-ta

• Conifer, evergreen tree/shrub, narrowly columnar or spindle-form, 15-30 ft (5-9 m) high and 4-8 ft (1.2-2.5 m) wide, branches are rigidly upright.  Needles are dark green above, streaked with dull green and narrow shining midrib below.  Generally it is female, but male flowers appear on isolated branches.
• Sun or shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone (5)6      Discovered in about 1780 by a farmer in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.  Now there are a number of ‘Fastigiata’ types, which include narrower habit, light green and yellow needles, variegated, etc.
• Corvallis: on either side of the south entrance to Kappa Delta Sorority at 305 25th St., at Van Buren.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: southwest corner of CH₂M-Hill Alumni Center.