Torreya grandis is an evergreen tree with a height of 25m, a straight trunk end, an oval crown, smooth brown dry bark and shallow longitudinal cracks when it is old, usually three winter buds are brown-green. Branchlets are subopposite or suborbicular, with long strip leaves, length of 1.2-2.5cm, width of 2-4mm, growing spirally and spreading in two rows on the branchlets. There are two yellow stomatal bands with the same width as the midvein on both sides of the dorsal leaf, which are dioecious. Male cones are solitary in leaf axils, while female cones are opposite in leaf axils. The seeds are large, drupe-shaped, 2-4 cm long and covered by aril. The aril is purplish red, covered with white powder, leathery, light brown, with irregular shallow grooves. The flowering period is in the middle and late April, and the fruit matures in September of the following year.

Taxus chinensis is an evergreen shrub or tree, belonging to shallow-rooted plants. Its main root is not obvious, and its lateral root is developed, with a height of 30m and a trunk diameter of1m.. The leaves alternate spirally, the base is twisted into two rows, the cords are slightly curved, the length is 1-2.5cm, the width is 2-2.5mm, the leaf margin is slightly curved, the tip is gradually pointed, there are two wide yellow-green or gray-green stomatal zones on the back of the leaves, the midvein is densely protuberant, and the green zone on the leaf margin is extremely narrow, which is dioecious. Male flowers are solitary in leaf axils, and female flowers are dioecious. The seed is oblate with 2 edges, the seed is ovoid, and the aril is cup-shaped and red.