WILDLIFE European yew, Taxus baccata, is evergreen with flat needles as leaves, dark green above and green-grey below. Unlike most conifers, a yew doesn’t grow cones. Instead, each seed is enclosed in a red, fleshy, berry-like structure known as an aril, which is open at the tip
Our ancient neighbours
Wildlife writer Jane Adams explores the fascinating history and potentially fragile future of Dorset’s ancient yew trees
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