Key to the Gymnosperms of the Southeastern U.S. -
Key to the Yews (Taxus)
Needles 2-3 mm wide, midrib usually raised


Needles are 1-3 cm (3/8 - 1 3/16 in.) long and 2-2.5 mm (0.08 - 0.10 in.) wide, on typical horizontal branchlets spreading laterally to form a more or less flat spray; bud scales are blunt and not keeled -
English yew (Taxus baccata)

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Needles are 1.2-2.5 cm (15/32 - 1 in.) long and 2-3 mm (0.08 - 0.12 in.) wide, and are more or less ascending, forming a V-shaped trough when branchlets are viewed endwise; bud scales are acute and keeled -
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

Needles 1-3 cm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide (close-up image) Needles 1.2-2.5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide (close-up image)
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