A patch of Taxus canadensis. An untrained eye would see them as young canadian hemlock, but a few berries here and there along with other details (such as the fact that Canadian Hemlock has silver undersides for its needles) reveals what it actually is.

Interestingly its said that its rarer in deer heavy locales? (supposedly in Miichigan in particular) Despite being super-toxic to livestock, deer apparently like to browse on it, especially in winter.

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