"English Yew"
Taxus baccata
Yew family (Taxaceae)
- Leaves are small (3/4 inches long), linear and 2-ranked
- Bark is scaly and purple-brown
- Can grow into a tree but often pruned to act as a shrub
- There are numerous cultivars (varieties) that differ in shape or color
- Blooms in spring; develop green cone-like structures in summer that become
fleshy red aril in the autumn; green seed can be seen through opening at top
- Male and female flowers on separate plants
- Evergreen
- All parts of plant are poisonous
- Is a gymnosperm, but not a "true conifer" because seeds are not borne
in cones
- Needles are 2-ranked like Eastern Hemlock but are at a slightly
upwards angle and DO NOT have two white lines underneath
T.
baccata fact sheet with photos
Yew betcha,
Buckaroo Bonsai!
Nice
site with lots of info and pics if you use the icons on the leftside
The
Medieval English Longbows made from yew (text)
Taxas_baccata
information including pronounciation!
Taxus photo from Texas
A&M
With Aril
(photo)
Another view of a branch
(Texas)
