Taxus Floridana

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Taxus floridana (Florida Yew) is a species of yew, found only in a small area of under 10 km on the eastern side of the Apalachicola River in northern Florida at altitudes of 15-30 m. It is listed as an endangered species. It is a evergreen coniferous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m (rarely 10 m) tall, with a trunk up to 38 cm diameter. The bark is thin, scaly purple-brown, and the branches are spreading. The shoots are green at first, becoming brown after three or four years. The leaves are thin, flat, slightly falcate (sickle-shaped), 1-2.9 cm long and 1-2 mm broad, with a bluntly acute apex; they are arranged spirally on the shoots but twisted at the base to appear in two horizontal ranks on all except for erect lead shoots.