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The modern Irish name for Newry is An tIúr (pronounced [ənʲ ˈtʲuːɾˠ]), which means "the yew tree". An tIúr is a shortening of Iúr Cinn Trá, "yew tree at the head of the strand", which was formerly the most common Irish name for Newry. This relates to an apocryphal story that Saint Patrick planted a yew tree there in the 5th century.
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 .
The most distinct is the Sumatran yew (T. sumatrana, native to Sumatra and Celebes north to southernmost China), distinguished by its sparse, sickle-shaped yellow-green leaves. The Mexican yew (Taxus globosa, native to eastern Mexico south to Honduras) is also relatively distinct with foliage intermediate between Sumatran yew and the other ...
Taxaceae (/ t æ k ˈ s eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species.
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 ...
Taxus canadensis, the Canada yew [2] or Canadian yew, is a conifer native to central and eastern North America, thriving in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores. Locally called simply as "yew", this species is also referred to as American yew or ground-hemlock. Most of its range is well north of the Ohio River.
It is an evergreen tree or large shrub growing to 10–18 m tall, with a trunk up to 60 cm diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, flat, dark green, 1–3 cm long and 2–3 mm broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flattish rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is more obvious.
oleander-leaf podocarp Podocarpaceae (podocarp family) Sciadopityaceae: koyamaki family; Sciadopitys: sciadopitys trees; Sciadopitys verticillata: koyamaki; umbrella-pine Sciadopityaceae (umbrella pine family) Taxaceae: yew family; Taxus: yew trees; Taxus baccata: European yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus brevifolia: Pacific yew Taxaceae (yew ...