yew to trade for serviceberry

[Taxus brevifolia]

It's supposed to grow in my area, but damned if I can find it yet. Until I do, I'm keeping a stave or two of good pacific yew in reserve to trade for some serviceberry.

[Hawkdancer]

Talk to High Desert!  It helps to be near the coast though, I think ! 
Hawkdancer

[DC]

It can look a lot like Ocean Spray. in fact the first piece I cut I thought it was OS until I got home. It was growing in the middle of an OS clump. Once you've found one it can make it easier to pick out. The round leaves are my clue.

[Taxus brevifolia]

Ok thanks that's helpful

[Bryce]

Gotta wait for the leaves to fully come out to identify it. Be patient and you’ll see it all over.

[DC]

I find it in the same kind of area that OS likes. The area I gather in is 35-40 year old second growth. Saskatoon(serviceberry) grows tall in that stuff and the leaves seem to be only at the top so "look up, look way up". 

[Pat B]

Eastern and Western serviceberry are different, same genus, different species. I could probably find a suitable Eastern serviceberry tree to cut if you'd be interested in it. The Eastern variety are understory trees here where the Western variety is more of a multi-stemmed shrub.

[Taxus brevifolia]

I don't think it grows here much. I expected to find it last spring, and I looked hard. But nada. I just haven't found the right pocket I guess.

[Bryce]

I don't think it grows here much. I expected to find it last spring, and I looked hard. But nada. I just haven't found the right pocket I guess.

It does. It’s about as prevalent as OS. Oval shaped leaves that are slightly serrated.

[Taxus brevifolia]

Ok I'll keep looking. Thanks!

[Marc St Louis]

I have a stave from a 4" tree that has been sitting in a corner for more than 10 years.

[Taxus brevifolia]

I'd be jazzed to find a 4" serviceberry!

[High-Desert]

That’d make a big ole arrow!

[Taxus brevifolia]

It'd make a good bow, I think

[Sagebrush]

In eastern Washington I find it a bit lower in elevation than OS. Bigger stuff is around water. Berries are on now. Easiest to find in April when in bloom.