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Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe, as well as Northwest Africa, northern Iran, and Southwest Asia. [4] 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 ...
W13 Taxus baccata woodland; W14 Fagus sylvatica - Rubus fruticosus woodland; W15 Fagus sylvatica - Deschampsia flexuosa woodland; W16 Quercus spp. - Betula spp. - Deschampsia flexuosa woodland; W17 Quercus petraea - Betula pubescens - Dicranum majus woodland; W18 Pinus sylvestris - Hylocomium splendens woodland
NVC community W13 (Taxus baccata woodland), also known as Yew woodland, is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system; it is the only Yew woodland community in the NVC. This is a very localised community. There are two subcommunities:
The Defynnog Yew (Welsh: Ywen Defynnog) (SN9253027960) is one of a group of ancient yews (Taxus baccata) in the churchyard of St Cynog's Church, which serves the parish and the village of Defynnog, Powys, Wales. Defynnog is located close to Sennybridge, about ten miles west of Brecon, within the Brecon Beacons National Park (Bannau Brycheiniog).
T. baccata appears throughout Europe and into western Asia. [2] T. cuspidata occurs over much of East Asia, in China, Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin. [13] Taxus brevifolia ranges in the United States from California to Montana and Alaska, [12] while Taxus canadensis appears in the northeastern United States and southeast Canada. [2]
Taxus brevifolia, the Pacific yew or western yew, is a species of tree in the yew family Taxaceae native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It is a small evergreen conifer , thriving in moisture and otherwise tending to take the form of a shrub .
Taxus canadensis Canada yew; Taxus celebica Celebes yew; Taxus chinensis China yew; Taxus contorta West Himalayan yew; Taxus cuspidata Rigid branch yew, Japanese yew; Taxus fastigiata Irish yew; Taxus floridana Florida yew; Taxus florinii Florin yew; Taxus globosa Mesoamerican yew; Taxus kingstonii Kingston yew; Taxus mairei Maire yew; Taxus ...
It is home to the 'Dolforwyn yew' (taxus baccata), listed among the 850 most significant yews of England and Wales. [1] The Dolforwyn yew has a girth of more than 18 feet (5.5 m) making it, according to dating graphs, more than a thousand years old, and much older than the castle above.