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.
David NichollsRatby Church19 September 2013
Graham CalowSt Mary's Churchyard, Broughton Astley09 March 2018male flowers
stepgray4Stoke Dry Wood01 May 2021
David NichollsRatby Church19 September 2013
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods10 March 2015
Andy's RutlandChurch Street-Empingham21 October 2018
Steve MathersBeacon Hill Country Park04 October 2016
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egatenThurlaston garden30 March 2021
David NichollsRatby garden15 September 2011berries
Steve MathersJubilee Walk (Terrace Hills to Reeded Cottage)30 September 2016red berries
David NichollsRatby church12 January 2020
Saharima RoenischShady Lane Arboretum11 March 2017flowers
Nigel JudsonGrace Dieu01 February 2016
Saharima RoenischAbbey Park14 March 2017flowers
stepgray4Charnwood Lodge25 October 2020
Saharima RoenischWoodhouse Eaves, Beacon Hill Country Park14 March 2019bark
stepgray4Stoke Dry Wood01 May 2021young bark
