Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata is a small- to mid-sized conifer that is naturally occuring throughout temperate and mediterranean ecosystems of Europe. It is extremely shade-tolerant, long-lived, slow-growing and has a high capacity to resprout. It often forms multiple stems yet can reach large diameters >100 cm due to its long lifespan. The wood is orange-brown, heavy yet elastic. While it was heavily used historically it is of little commercial relevance today, and mostly used for art pieces and turned objects.
Common yew is well known for the toxicity of most of its tissues and organs. Very few herbivores have thus far been recorded and these are almost exclusively opportunists that only under rare circumstances have beeen observed to attack yew as a minor host.
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