| Scientific Name: | Taxus baccata |
| Common Name: | English yew |
| Family Name: | Taxaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Sheared hedge |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Acicular, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), (Accessory tissue), Red |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Medium sized tree 10-20m tall (unless a cultivar), primarily dioecious; leaves arranged spirally but appearing 2-ranked, needle-like, flat, emerge light green then changing to dark green, glossy, 2-3(-4)cm long x 2-3mm wide; pollen cones round, 3-6mm wide; seed cones each with a fleshy red aril nearly fully surrounding a single green seed, oval 8-15mm long. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/ta/Taxus_baccata.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |