Yew - Taxus baccata
Description
Tree or bush to 20 metres, bark reddish brown and flaking, leaves shiny dark green narrow and pointed, in two rows. Flowers green, males with many yellow stamens, the female solitary or two together. Fruit enveloped in a fleshy aril, red.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Various locations, usually only individual plants.
When to see it
February to April.
Life History
Evergreen.
UK Status
Fairly frequent throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 138 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham CalowSt Mary's Churchyard, Broughton Astley03 October 2014
Graham CalowSt Mary's Churchyard, Broughton Astley09 March 2018male flowers
David NichollsSwithland Wood25 August 2011
David NichollsRatby Church19 September 2013
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods10 March 2015
John CranfieldFleckney12 August 2011
Steve MathersBeacon Hill Country Park04 October 2016
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Alan SemperBarkestone Wood04 March 2015Flowers
David NichollsRatby Church19 September 2013
Graham CalowSt Mary's Churchyard, Broughton Astley03 October 2014
David NichollsRatby garden15 September 2011berries Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4847 9293 (taken 28.3.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote28 March 2006
Steve MathersJubilee Walk (Terrace Hills to Reeded Cottage)30 September 2016trunk
Alan SemperBarkestone Wood04 March 2015Flowers
David GouldAylestone Meadows15 August 2014
Steve MathersJubilee Walk (Terrace Hills to Reeded Cottage)30 September 2016feather leaves
Craig MabbettBroughton Astley Brick Quarry03 October 2015
AJ CannKnighton Spinney17 May 2015
 Donkey Lane Sapcote SP 4847 9293 (taken 28.3.2006).JPG)
