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Title: yew?
Post by: blackpanem on March 06, 2012, 07:11:00 pm
i found a possible yew tree in my woods the other day, it was in my friends front yard like ten years ago but they threw it into the woods and it replanted itself. but the thing is the bark looks like yew but the needles dont whatsoever. and it never had the little red berries. what could it be?
Title: Re: yew?
Post by: Del the cat on March 06, 2012, 07:14:30 pm
Only the female trees have berries.
Del
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Post by: Bryce on March 06, 2012, 07:24:23 pm
Photo would help. Not all yew is yew.......if that makes since. It might have been Irish yew which is a common garden shrub and is useless.
Title: Re: yew?
Post by: Bevan R. on March 06, 2012, 08:12:20 pm
Photo would help. Not all yew is yew.......if that makes since. It might have been Irish yew which is a common garden shrub and is useless.

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Post by: blackpanem on March 06, 2012, 11:36:44 pm
ok sorry it took so long, these are what it looks like
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Post by: Weylin on March 06, 2012, 11:52:47 pm
Those aren't yew needles. unless it's some kinda yew I've never seen. they look like cedar needles to me.  The bark doesn't look right either.  the yew that I've seen and used has a purplish bark that is scaly and flaky but not nearly as rough and jagged as that picture.
Title: Re: yew?
Post by: blackpanem on March 06, 2012, 11:55:06 pm
aw ok. ill keep looking
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Post by: juniper junkie on March 07, 2012, 01:04:31 am
I would guess cedar as well...
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Post by: Blacktail on March 07, 2012, 01:13:55 am
that is what we call  incense cedar..john
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Post by: NruJaC on March 07, 2012, 02:33:27 am
Incense cedar is about as strong as juniper isn't it? Might be worth knocking down anyway.
Title: Re: yew?
Post by: Bryce on March 07, 2012, 04:55:52 am
Photo would help. Not all yew is yew.......if that makes since. It might have been Irish yew which is a common garden shrub and is useless.

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