Tag: Taxus baccata
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How to recognise different trees from quite a long way away: No. 2 – The Yew
So the sketch in Monty Python’s Flying Circus might have progressed had it gone on past No. 1 – The Larch. Wet and wild today so hugged the forest. I came across this yew tree with a distinct browsing line. This surprised me. I thought the needles were toxic but it turns out deer can…
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Avenue of Yews, Whorlton Churchyard
Yew trees have been long associated with churchyards. They are believed to be the longest living organisms in Europe, the oldest have been shown to be over 4,000 years old. Which begs the question which came first, the church or the tree? It is known that the yew was sacred to native Britons so it…