Yew bush (spelled y e w) growing its berries (cones, actually). Best nature photo that I have taken in years.
Taxus is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 2.5–20 m (8.2–65.6 ft), with trunk girth averaging 5 m (16 ft). They have reddish bark, lanceolate, flat, dark-green leaves 10–40 mm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) long and 2–3 mm (3⁄32–1⁄8 in) broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem. Females of the genus have highly modified seed cones, which resemble red berries. Inside the fleshy red portion of the cone – known as the aril – lies a single seed.
The photo that I took shows an amazing close-up of the leaves and immature cones dangling from a branch. One of these cones is showing off the flakey light green crust that partially encases it until it has matured. These immature cones are a deep shade of olive or forest green.
I've been working these two so that they provide a canopy of shade over anyone who walks by. Don't talk to me about style until we chain fossil fuels to a rock and dunk them in a lake, because my little place needs shade so that we can survive.
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#identification (plant identification)
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