Yew (Taxus baccata)

Family: Taxaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Green, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly. — Very sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly.; A number of people who like the flavour do not like the texture which is often described as being 'snotty'.; All other parts of this plant, including the seed, are highly poisonous.; When eating the fruit you should spit out the large seed found in the fruit's centre.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods and scrub, usually on limestone. It sometimes forms pure stands in sheltered sites on chalk in the south-east and on limestone in the north-west. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)