The tree is 192 centimeters in diameter, 30 meters in height, and is some 1,200 years old, said Mohammad-Sadeq Tahmasbpour, the head of the natural resources and watershed management department of the ...

Species delimitation in Taxus (Taxaceae) has been controversial due to high levels of phenotypic plasticity. Reputed hybrids between species have been questioned due to the original crosses' ...

What: Taxus baccata “Fastigiata,” with the common name Irish yew, is an extremely useful evergreen conifer for sun or shade. Most commonly used for hedging purposes, it has a naturally upright form ...

Yew trees and shrubs (Taxus) are among the most versatile of conifers. These slow-growing, long-lived evergreens are drought-tolerant, pest-free and amazingly easy to prune. Most have dark green ...

This columnar yew was first found growing in the hills of Northern Ireland by a farmer in the late 1770s. It became popular in horticulture due to its narrow, columnar form that is easy to shape, slow ...

THIS romantic but rather sombre tree has for long ages been connected in simple country minds with superstitious stories of illness and death. All the old authorities on trees have lurid tales to tell ...