Oh yew! Not an easy day for hedge trimming, but it's a satisfying job, and yew looks lovely afterwards.

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Magical lichen map on the North side of this yew (Taxus baccata) by the Mawddach Estuary this morning.

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Yews are also dioecious, meaning yew get male and female yew trees. So if it's got arils, it's a she-yew.

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Oh, yew!
(Taxus baccata)

The red, fleshy berry-like part covering the seed is actually called an aril. And, whilst the rest of a yew is very toxic, the aril is edible.

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