I first saw this species on a high bank over a small creek in White Pines State Park in northwestern Illinois back in the 1980's. Morton ...Read MoreArboretum has two specimens in their wetland area on the east side not far from some big Baldcypress where a good amount of sunshine comes through, and they have a big specimen in the Northern Illinois Collection also on the East Side of the arboretum. Jenkins Arboretum near Berwyn, PA has a few close to their pathway in a woodsy site sort of uphill in their acid soil of pH 5.5 to 6.0. It grows irregularly, but would be good for a very informal or naturalistic landscape. It has declined in the wild in recent times due to the over-population of deer that will eat it or any other yew in winter. It is only found in some spots here and there in its native range of southeast Canada, around the Great Lakes, New England, and some into the Appalachian Mts. Eastern Plant Specialties in Clark, NJ, sells it by mail order.
Also called the American yew, this is a low, straggling shrub or ground cover, 3-6 ft. tall and twice as wide, with flat, narrow needles ...Read Morethat are dark green above and pale green below. Evergreen foliage takes on a reddish-brown tint in winter. Spreading limbs ascend at the tips. Bright-red, berry-like fruit grows at the tips of the branches.
Native to U.S. & Canada - Newfoundland to Southeast Manitoba, South to Virginia and Tennessee, North to Illinois & Northeast to Iowa.
I first saw this species on a high bank over a small creek in White Pines State Park in northwestern Illinois back in the 1980's. Morton ...Read More
Also called the American yew, this is a low, straggling shrub or ground cover, 3-6 ft. tall and twice as wide, with flat, narrow needles ...Read More