Yew tree - Taxus baccata ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Sub-family: Taxodioideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Taxus baccata
Common name: Yew tree

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Sneek, Netherlands - 18 Januari 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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North West Europe
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
unknown
Yield top season:
7 meters trunk
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
fruit
beverage
Medicinal
seed/nut
strong
 Taxine
0.02
0.09
 medicals
Lipids wood
(steam distillation
)
good
taxus oil
0.02%
0.03%
 liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
 honey
Fruit:
good
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
inapplicable
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
yew wood
 670ρ 680ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 3 credits 4,200 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • ornamental
  • timber
  • poison/herbicide

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Plant Details
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Sneek, Netherlands - 18 Januari 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
19
 m tallest
Crown width:
13
 m widest
Planting distance:
25
 cm
Row distance:
300
 cm
Growing speed:
slow
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo and ecto-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
Glomus intraradices
 M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
- No bacteria -
 N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
100
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
2,000
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: dioecious
 specials
Pollinators:
wind
 specials
Allelopathy: allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 100m 1250 m 2,400m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -15°C 8°C 21°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 500 mm 1700 mm 2,900 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 4.0 6.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
temperate

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
stratificant
Seed viability:
48
 months
Seed weight:
3,000
5,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
  • Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis
  • Otiorhynchus sulcatus

 Diseases:

Propagation instruction
  • (1) Store harvested seeds moisty at a chilling temperature of 3-7 degrees C for 2-4 months.
  • (3) Remove the seeds from cold to a permanent warm temperature.
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(more photos) Sneek, Netherlands - 15 October 2016
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Seeds Market
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Additional Photos
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