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 Nicholls
Ratby Church
19 September 2013
Graham Calow
St Mary's Churchyard, Broughton Astley
09 March 2018
male flowers
stepgray4
Stoke Dry Wood
01 May 2021
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
19 September 2013
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
10 March 2015
Andy's Rutland
Church Street-Empingham
21 October 2018
Steve Mathers
Beacon Hill Country Park
04 October 2016
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egaten
Thurlaston garden
30 March 2021
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
15 September 2011
berries
Steve Mathers
Jubilee Walk (Terrace Hills to Reeded Cottage)
30 September 2016
red berries
David Nicholls
Ratby church
12 January 2020
Saharima Roenisch
Shady Lane Arboretum
11 March 2017
flowers
Nigel Judson
Grace Dieu
01 February 2016
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
14 March 2017
flowers
stepgray4
Charnwood Lodge
25 October 2020
Saharima Roenisch
Woodhouse Eaves, Beacon Hill Country Park
14 March 2019
bark
stepgray4
Stoke Dry Wood
01 May 2021
young bark
