Western Yew

Western Yew ( Taxus Brevifolia )

From the conifer family and native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, this tree's reign stretches from central California to Alaska. This evergreen produces a cone that later turns into a bright red berry-like structure called aril. The aril has a single seed that birds eat and gets dispersed to a wide range of territory. This beautiful tree can be found at Golden Gate Park. The first one with the aril i found on Stanyan St. just past John F. Kennedy Drive on the bushes on the left hand side. Almost all those bushes above the stone wall are Western Yew. The tree on the picture below with the bench i found near the Japanese Tea Garden.