Common yew
Taxus baccata
Poisonous plant: do not eat any part of it.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Taxus baccata
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Habitat
- Forest, Mountains
- Form
- Tree
- Leaves
- Needles
- Flower colour
- No flowers
- Blooms in
- Never blooms
- Use
- Timber, Ornamental
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Medieval English longbows were made of yew wood, which is both hard and springy.
- Yew is a conifer with no real cones: each seed sits in a fleshy red cup that birds carry away.
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Similar plants
- European larch
Larix decidua
- Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
- Common juniper
Juniperus communis
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q179729 · All plants · All entries