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  2. Fortingall Yew - Wikipedia

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    Clippings from the tree have been taken to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, to form part of a mile-long hedge. The purpose of this "Yew Conservation Hedge Project" is to maintain the DNA of Taxus baccata from ancient specimens in the UK as, worldwide, the trees are threatened by felling and disease. [10] [11]

  3. Llangernyw Yew - Wikipedia

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    The Llangernyw Yew. The Llangernyw Yew ([ɬanˈɡɛrnɨu] ⓘ) is an ancient yew (Taxus baccata) in the village of Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales. The tree is fragmented and its core part has been lost, leaving several enormous offshoots. The girth of the tree at the ground level is 10.75 m (35.3 ft). [1]

  4. Ashbrittle Yew - Wikipedia

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    The Ashbrittle Yew and sign, September 2020. The Ashbrittle Yew is an ancient yew tree (Taxus baccata) located in the village of Ashbrittle, Somerset, in southwest England.. The yew grows on a tumulus in the south-east end of the churchyard of St. John the Baptist

  5. Defynnog Yew - Wikipedia

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    Epicormic albino leaf growth on the smaller Defynnog Yew. This yew tree or trees stands in the churchyard of St Cynog's Church.It is very hard to accurately determine the age of yew trees [7] [8] and a nearby café and gift shop holds a certificate of 2002 from the Yew Tree Campaign, signed by David Bellamy, which states that "according to all the data we have to hand" the tree is dated to ...

  6. Future of free topiary attraction safeguarded - AOL

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    The half-a-mile-long free attraction currently features 137 ancient yew trees clipped into shapes ranging from a rabbit to a Spitfire to a man on the moon. The Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue Trust set ...

  7. List of superlative trees in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Several trees in the UK, all of them European yews, are thousands of years old, and one of them has been reported as 5000 years old or more, which would mean a tree older than Methuselah(tree) in California, the current official record holder for the oldest non-cloning tree in the world. The UK also has a great share of ancient oak trees, many ...

  8. Taxus baccata - Wikipedia

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    It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be referred to as common yew, [5] European yew, or in North America English yew. [6] It is a woodland tree in its native range, and is also grown as an ornamental tree, hedge or topiary.

  9. Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Kingley Vale is a 204.4-hectare (505-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Chichester in West Sussex. [1] [2] It is also a Special Area of Conservation [3] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [4] An area of 147.9 hectares (365 acres) is a national nature reserve. [5]