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Taxus cuspidata



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Taxus cuspidata
Japanese yew

The vegetative buds are 1/8 long, ovoid and glossy brown with keeled pointed scales. The scales are more sharp pointed than those of Taxus x media. The male flower buds are obovate, 3/16" long and 1/8" wide and green turning yellowish brown over winter. The male flower buds are borne below the foliage.

 
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