Japanese Yew               TAKS-us cu-pi-DA-ta

• Evergreen conifer, tree/srub, to 65 ft (20 m) in its habitat, but more shurby in cultivation, branches ascending or horizontal.  Bark reddish-brown.  New growth reddish.  Leaves more or less 2-ranked, linear, abruptly pointed with a small sharp tip (mucronulate), 15-25 mm long, 3 mm wide, deep green above, 2 yellowish stomatal bands below, yellowish petiole.  Fruit (aril) red.
• Sun or part shade.  Does well in cold winter areas, such as the upper Midwest.  A number of cultivars.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4  Native to Japan, Korea, Manchuria.
• A bonsai subject.
• Portland, Oregon: Hoyt Arboretum