Evergreen, coniferous shrub, up yo 1.5 m tall; branches dense, spreading; bark nearly smooth. The leaves are lanceolate, flat, dark green, 1-2.5 cm long and 1.5 mm broad, arranged in two flat rows either side of the. The seed cones are highly modified, each cone containing a single seed partly surrounded by a modified scale which develops into a soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril, open at the end.

Abortifacient, analgesic, antirheumatic, antitumor, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge and pectoral (plant)

Taxus canadensis
Taxus canadensis Marshall 1785

To treat rheumatism, fevers, influenza, expelling afterbirth and dispelling clots (plant)