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Common Yew

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  • Common Yew

  • Serra da Estrela Nature Park

  • Center

  • Covilhã

Identification and Access

  • No

  • Taxus baccata L.

  • Vila de Teixoso - Quinta de S. João

  • Private property

  • 10,2 m

  • Isolated tree

  • More or less 100 years old

  • A remarkable size tree, contemporary of the Manor. In the Middle Ages it was considered an "ill loved" tree, a poisonous tree associated with death as evidenced by the Latin names (taxus) close to the idea of poison (toxicum); was used in the manufacture of bows and arrows. It is said that this tree gave the name to Teixoso village.