Yew berried !
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Yew berried !
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 10 Nov 2010
My apologies for the pun, but I couldn't resist it. A Victorian gravestone is seen here liberally scattered with fallen berries from an overhanging Yew tree (Taxus baccata). The berries comprise a soft gelatinous bright-red non-poisonous "aril" around a single very poisonous seed. A number of birds, especially the thrush family, eat these berries, with the seed passing through their systems to perhaps germinate into a Yew sapling. A few birds such as the hawfinch can crack open the seeds and eat them with impunity to the poisonous Taxines.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.695378
Longitude
-0.175888