Honey bees
Nectar value
Unknown
Pollen value
Medium
Pollinator plant
Yew, English yew, Common Yew
Taxus baccata
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Tree
- Size
- Large
- Dimensions
- 15.00 m high × 10.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 5-7
- Moisture
- Well-drained, Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit
- Functions
- Hedge, Timber, Insecticide
- Edibility
- 3 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 4 out of 5
"The fruit of this plant is edible when raw. It has a very sweet, jelly-like flavor that most people enjoy, although some find it too sweet. Some people appreciate the taste but consider the texture 'slimy.' It's important to know that all other parts of the plant, including the seed, are highly toxic. When eating the fruit, you should spit out the large pit in the middle, as the seed is not harmful to the digestive system but has a very bitter taste. The fruit is a fleshy berry with a diameter of about 10 mm and contains a single seed."