Taxus baccata






Botanical Name: Taxus baccata
Common Name: English yew
Family Name: Taxaceae
Distribution/Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe

Leaf: Needle-like, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear/Acute/Attenuate/Entire
Bud: Alternate
Inflorescence: Dioecious plant, M/F plants produce small yellow flowers in the spring

Fruit/Seed: Drupe, Red, Accessory tissue, Showy, Drupe-like: Ovoid-oblong seed about 8mm long/partially enveloped by a fleshy cup-shaped disk(aril)
Stem/Bark: Exfoliating, Red, Brown, Multi-stem trunk

Size: Height: 10 - 15m/Spread: 7.0 - 10m
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval-vertical

Soil: Well-drained
Moisture: Low, Dry(summer)
Sun: Full sun, Partial sun
Exposure: partial shade, Filtered shade
Hardiness zone(USDA): 6

Landscape use:  Sheared hedge

Notes: Perennial,*Poisonous parts 

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