Taxus baccata
Common Yew, English yew, European yew, God's tree, Yew, Canada Yew, Irish Yew, Iibe, Taxus baccata
Description
Upright evergreen tree with dense, expansive foliage that lends ornamental value further accentuated by the numerous red arils that punctuate the shiny needle-like foliage in autumn. Suitable, either as a single specimen or in groups, for medium to large outdoor spaces such as gardens, parks, large flower beds as well as for rows and hedges.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Pinophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Cupressales
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Taxus
- Species
- Taxus baccata
Synonyms (17)
- Cephalotaxus adpressa
- Cephalotaxus brevifolia
- Cephalotaxus tardiva
- Taxus adpressa
- Taxus aurea
- Taxus baccifera
- Taxus columnaris
- Taxus elvastonensis
- Taxus expansa
- Taxus fastigiata
- Taxus hibernica
- Taxus jacksonii
- Taxus parvifolia
- Taxus recurvata
- Taxus tardiva
- Taxus vellevette
- Verataxus adpressa
