The Yew Tree, Taxus baccata. Deadly poisonous tree.

One for foragers to look out for. The flesh on the berries is lovely and sweet but the rest of the tree, including the pips in the berries are deadly poisonous. Do not eat any mushrooms growing on them either!

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[alisimon]

I use a suave that comes from Montana in America and it has miraculous healing properties !

[THISIZME]

Grew up in an old Victorian with a beautiful yew tree in our yard, which we simply referred to as "the bush". I never knew or considered its actual name until looking it up tonight. It was big, wide and strong enough (grew even larger as the yrs went by) that my siblings and i made it our "fort". A hideout. We would climb over or through a few branches to find our way in and we'd sit on the branches, hanging out with our friends for hrs. We'd pick the red berries, squish them between our fingers and nonchalantly throw the seeds as we hung around chatting. My parents taught us early on that the "berries were poisonous". Apparently the story was that i had eaten one as a toddler and i stopped breathing. From then on i had yrs of breathing problems and bronchial issues. They called it "reactive airway disease". Asthma-like. (This was in the mid 80s) It got better as i got older. But now the breathing issues are only induced by extreme exertion or a bad cold . But that tree was awesome for many reasons. Was totally bummed when my parent got rid of it a couple of yrs ago. Went over one day and it was just gone! Lol

[EMD]

I guarantee that 2 seeds of that tree don't kill a horse. Once my electric fence stopped working, so 2 of my horses pushed the wire and managed to totally ravage two 3m tall yew trees. They ate whole branches of yew tree. I thought they would perhaps die or at least get very sick. Well... absolutely nothing happened to them. And its been at least 9 years now and the horses are still healthy

[SeargentConrad]

Thanks for uploading, fascinating videos!

[annabizaro-doo-dah]

Yew trees where planted to make long bows, which is why you'll always find them in Churchyards. You would make your last stand there and they're easy to find.

[barnsleyfieldsports]

If you touch the bark of a yew tree can you get poisoned cause I'm confused I'm a catapult maker and cut a yew catapult fork down

[pixiepostcard]

Surely Ricin is a lot more toxic than Yew pips?!

[christophernoblett]

My mate has just been put in hospital because of eating the leaves

[hiimryan]

I just ate a berry and I feel numb and my throat feels itchy pls help

[IfElvesWereDayDreamers]

National tree society: 🧐Its a rather poisonous tree, poisonous leaves and branches, do not ever eat any part of this tree. it produces a sweet berry but the pit inside can kill a horse.

Englishmen: eats berries and spits out berry pits.🙄 Dies after YouTube recording.