Yew
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Botany
- Any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus TaxusTaxusTaxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...
:- European Yew or Common Yew (Taxus baccataTaxus baccataTaxus baccata is a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be now known as the English yew, or European yew.-Description:It is a small-...
) - Pacific Yew or Western Yew (Taxus brevifoliaTaxus brevifoliaTaxus brevifolia is a conifer native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California, mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges, but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British Columbia, most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island...
) - Canadian Yew (Taxus canadensisTaxus canadensisTaxus canadensis is a conifer native to central and eastern North America, thriving in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores. Locally called simply "Yew", this species is also referred to as American Yew or Ground-hemlock.Most of its range is well north of the Ohio River...
) - Chinese Yew (Taxus chinensisTaxus chinensisTaxus chinensis is a species of yew. It is commonly called the Chinese yew, though this term also refers to Taxus celebica or Taxus sumatrana....
) - Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidataTaxus cuspidataTaxus cuspidata is a member of the genus Taxus, native to Japan, Korea, northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia....
) - Florida Yew (Taxus floridanaTaxus floridanaTaxus floridana is a species of yew, found only in a small area of under 10 km² on the eastern side of the Apalachicola River in northern Florida at altitudes of 15–30 m. It is listed as an endangered species.-Description:...
) - Mexican Yew (Taxus globosaTaxus globosaTaxus globosa or Mexican yew is an evergreen shrub and one of the eight species of yew. The Mexican yew is a rare species, only known to be found in a small number of locations in eastern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, and is listed as an endangered species. The Mexican yew is a...
) - Sumatran Yew (Taxus sumatranaTaxus sumatranaTaxus sumatrana is an evergreen shrub and one of the eight species of the yew. It is found in a number of countries, including Afghanistan, Tibet, Nepal, Vietnam, India, Burma and China, and is known as the Chinese yew. It is typically found at heights ranging from 400–3,100 m in subtropical...
) - Himalayan Yew (Taxus wallichianaTaxus wallichianaTaxus wallichiana is a species of yew, native to the Himalaya from Afghanistan east to western Yunnan in southwestern China, at altitudes from 2,000–3,500 m.-Growth:...
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- European Yew or Common Yew (Taxus baccata
- Any of various coniferous plants in the families TaxaceaeTaxaceaeThe family Taxaceae, commonly called the yew family, includes three genera and about 7 to 12 species of coniferous plants, or in other interpretations , six genera and about 30 species....
and CephalotaxaceaeCephalotaxaceaeThe family Cephalotaxaceae is a small grouping of conifers, with three genera and about 20 species, closely allied to the Taxaceae, and included in that family by some botanists. They are restricted to east Asia, except for two species of Torreya found in the southwest and southeast of the USA;...
:- White-berry Yew (PseudotaxusPseudotaxusPseudotaxus chienii, the White-berry Yew, is a species of yew, the sole species in the genus Pseudotaxus, but closely related to the other yews in the genus Taxus...
chienii) - New Caledonian Yew or Southern Yew (AustrotaxusAustrotaxusAustrotaxus spicata, the New Caledonia Yew or Southern Yew, is a species of yew, the sole species in the genus Austrotaxus...
spicata) - Catkin-yew (AmentotaxusAmentotaxusAmentotaxus is a genus of conifers comprising five species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic to subtropical southeastern Asia, from Taiwan west across southern China to Assam in the eastern Himalaya, and...
sp.) - Plum-yew (CephalotaxusCephalotaxusCephalotaxus, commonly called Plum Yew or Cowtail Pine, is a genus of conifers comprising 11 species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic to eastern Asia, though fossil evidence shows it had a wider Northern...
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- White-berry Yew (Pseudotaxus
- Any of the various coniferous plants in the family PodocarpaceaePodocarpaceaePodocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs. It contains 19 genera if Phyllocladus is included and if Manoao and Sundacarpus are recognized....
, which are superficially similar to other yews:- Prince Albert's Yew (SaxegothaeaSaxegothaeaSaxegothaea is a genus comprising a single species of conifer belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae, its full scientific name is Saxegothaea conspicua, native to southern South America...
conspicua) - Plum-yew (PrumnopitysPrumnopitysPrumnopitys is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The eight recognised species of Prumnopitys are densely-branched, dioecious evergreen trees up to 40 metres in height. The leaves are similar to those of the yew, strap-shaped, 1-4 cm long and 2-3 mm broad, with a...
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- Prince Albert's Yew (Saxegothaea
Place names
- in Singapore:
- Yew TeeYew TeeYew Tee is an area situated in the north-western part of Singapore. It is a sub-division of Choa Chu Kang New Town. Yew Tee is a cluster of Housing and Development Board flats and private condominums, made up of three neighbourhoods in Choa Chu Kang New Town...
, district - Yew Tee MRT StationYew Tee MRT StationYew Tee MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Singapore. It was built in 1995, together with the other stations of the Woodlands Extension...
- Yew Lian ParkYew Lian ParkYew Lian Park is a private residential estate situated along Upper Thomson Road in Bishan, Singapore. The estate comprises semi-detached houses and terraced houses with two bungalows. The estate was named after the development company that built the estate in the early sixties, the Yew Lian...
- Yew Tee
- in the United Kingdom
- Yew Tree, LiverpoolYew Tree, LiverpoolYew Tree is a Liverpool City Council Ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Dovecot ward and small parts of the Croxteth, Broadgreen and Gillmoss...
- Yew Tree TarnYew Tree TarnYew Tree Tarn is a small lake in the English Lake District situated in between the towns of Ambleside and Coniston. The tarn was formed when the local landowner dammed the Yewdale Beck in the 1930s....
, a lake in the Lake DistrictLake DistrictThe Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth... - Yew Tree, West BromwichYew Tree, West BromwichYew Tree housing estate is in the extreme north of West Bromwich, England, near the town's border with Walsall. It was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by West Bromwich County Borough Council for municipal housing which included some of the borough's first multi storey flats most of...
- Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSIKenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSIKenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI is a 15.37 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Kenn, Somerset, notified in 1997....
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- Yew Tree, Liverpool
Fictional place names
- Yew Dales (ÝdalirYdalirIn Norse mythology, Ýdalir is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god Ullr. Ýdalir is solely attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources...
), the home of Ull, the winter god in Norse mythology
Others
- YEW is an acronym for Yokogawa Electric WorksYokogawa Electricis a Japanese electrical engineering and software company, with businesses based on its technologies in measurement, control, and information. It has a workforce of over 19,000 in its 80 companies worldwide, operating in 33 countries....
- You (disambiguation)You (disambiguation)You is the English second-person pronoun.You may also refer to:-Songs:* "You" , a 1968 single by Marvin Gaye from his album In the Groove...
- Ewe (disambiguation)