Taxaceae
Pacific yew
Taxus brevifolia
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Taxus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- طقسوس قصير الأوراق
- arz
- طقسوس قصير الاوراق
- azb
- دوغو قاراچؤهرهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Qısayarpaq qaraçöhrə
- Bulgarian
- Тихоокеански тис
- Chinese
- 短叶红豆杉, 美国红豆杉, 太平洋紫杉, 短葉紅豆杉
- Czech
- Tis západoamerický
- English
- Pacific yew, Western yew
- Estonian
- Lühiokkaline jugapuu
- French
- If de l'Ouest
- German
- Pazifische Eibe
- Hebrew
- טקסוס פסיפי
- Icelandic
- Kyrrahafsýr
- Japanese
- タイヘイヨウイチイ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stillehavsbarlind
- Polish
- Cis krótkolistny
- Russian
- Тис коротколистный, Тис тихоокеанский, Тисс коротколистный, Тисс тихоокеанский
- Turkish
- Pasifik porsuğu
Synonyms
- Taxus baccata subsp. brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilg.
- Taxus baccata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Koehne
- Taxus bourcieri Carrière
- Taxus brevifolia subsp. polychaeta (Spjut) Silba
- Taxus brevifolia subsp. reptaneta (Spjut) Silba
- Taxus brevifolia var. polychaeta Spjut
- Taxus brevifolia var. reptaneta Spjut
- Taxus lindleyana A.Murray bis
- Taxus occidentalis Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Hybrid yewTaxus × mediaTaxaceae
- Himalayan yewTaxus contortaTaxaceae
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- Taxus floriniiTaxaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.