Yew

Taxus baccata

• Height: mostly small tree or shrub, up to 15 m
• Trunk: initially smooth and reddish-brown bark, flaking in broad thin plates with age, already branched at the base
• Leaves: Needles arranged in a spiral, often parted on side branches, soft needles with a midrib on the underside
• Fruits/seeds: Berry-like seed coat (aril), bright scarlet red, slightly frosted
• Other: very tolerant to pruning, therefore also found as a hedge or topiary

Eibe - Nadeln
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

 
Eibe
Photo: Martina Gehret

Stamm Eibe
Photo: Kerstin Ellersdorfer

Zweige und Früchte der Eibe
Photo: Kerstin Ellersdorfer