Yew
Taxus baccata
Flat-needled evergreen; nearly all parts toxic (taxines). The red aril around the seed is the only part sometimes described as non-toxic flesh, and the seed inside is toxic — not a snack project. Included so it is not brewed as pine tea.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
What it is
Flat-needled evergreen; nearly all parts toxic (taxines). The red aril around the seed is the only part sometimes described as non-toxic flesh, and the seed inside is toxic — not a snack project. Included so it is not brewed as pine tea.
Identification
Flat needles, two-ranked; red cup aril; no cones like pine.
Edible portions
Safety Not treated as food on this site.
Growing
- Climate. 5–8 ornamental
- Light. Sun to shade
- Soil. Average
- Planting. Hedge plant. Not food.
- Harvest. Never for tea.
Safety
- Toxic. Not a pine. Do not make evergreen teas from yew.
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- No USDA FoodData Central nutrient profile is attached here. That is not a claim that the plant contains no nutrients.
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class B. Good foundation: enough unique information to exist as its own destination.