Weed of the Month: Yew, Taxus Taxus species, frequently called "yew" are used as ornamentals in North America. By University of Kentucky College of Agriculture; February 22, 2012 ...

Anglo-Japanese (Taxus x media) yew has foliage that is spiraled on the twig, so it does not lay flat on a table. Yews are distributed worldwide and there are some yews native to the United States ...

In modern-day Midwestern yards, many shrubs are hybrid Anglo-Japanese yews (Taxus x media). They cross the English yew species — native to Europe, northern Africa and central Asia — with an ...