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Taxus baccata L.

HIGHER TAXON: Taxaceae

GENUS: Taxus L.

Taxus baccata L.
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Morocco (N) [1]
  Asia
    Estonia (N) [1]
  Europe
    England (N) [1], Kent [1]; Greece (N) [1]
    Ireland (N) [1], Antrim [1], Cork [1], Wicklow [1]
    Portugal (N) [1]; Scotland (N) [1], Argyll [1]
    Perth [1]; Sicily (N) [1]; Spain (N) [1]
    Wales (N) [1]
  Scandinavia
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk scrub [1], Wood [1], Wood borders [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 24 [1]
  Data reviewed?: 5 july 1991 [1]
  Habit: Tree [1]
  Height: 5-10m [1], >10m [1]
  Leaf arrangement: spiral [1]
  Leaf shape: simple [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Phanerophyte - micro (2-8m) [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: march [1], april [1]
  Month of fruiting: august [1], september [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Poisonous: yes [1]
  Pollinating agent: wind [1]
  Present in my garden: no [1]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES:
Fencing [15]; Magical/Ritual [1]; Wood - Furniture [15]
  
VERNACULAR:
Yew [1]
  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.

  Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
    Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

13.

  Rose,F.,1981
    The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

15.

  Heath,F.G.,1908
    Our British Trees, Routledge.

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