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Taxus Baccata

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Taxus baccata, commonly called yew, common yew or European yew, is a species of coniferous tree in the family Taxaceae, native across much of Europe and parts of West Asia, the Caucasus and northwest Africa, typically found as a woodland species. Its seed sits inside a fleshy red structure called an aril that gives the plant a berry-like appearance, and every part of the plant except that fleshy aril is poisonous, with toxins that can be absorbed by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin. Its wood has historically been prized for longbows and instruments such as lutes, and the tree is widely planted as an ornamental, hedge and topiary, including in churchyards, where some specimens reach great age.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 5

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 6

Scientific Name

Taxus baccata 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 4

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: English Yew

In Biome

Temperate Forest

Source Plants For A Future: Taxus baccata

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Taxus baccata

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It is extremely shade-tolerant, with the widest temperature range for photosynthesis among European trees, able to photosynthesize in winter after deciduous trees have shed their leaves.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. Plants For A Future: Taxus baccata

Plants For A Future

Medicinal Uses
The leaves have been used internally in the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, hiccup, indigestion, rheumatism and epilepsy.
In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats
Woods and scrub, usually on limestone. It sometimes forms pure stands in sheltered sites on chalk in the south-east and on limestone in the north-west

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4. Wikidata: English Yew

Wikidata

Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Wikidata Q179729 (P225 taxon name)
Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q179729
Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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5. NatureServe Explorer: Taxus baccata

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387

"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Taxus

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12857

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12857

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Taxaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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