Although poisonous when ingested, the yew species is an integral component in medicine development for cancer treatment. In 1971, researchers seeking plants that may possess anti-cancer properties ...

The Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia) is a natural source of Taxol®, an anticancer drug widely used in the management of several tumors, including breast, lung, and ovary. How was it discovered ...

The Japanese yew, like other yews, is a slow-growing tree. Those shipped to Michigan by Gardner were 15 years old and 3 1/2 – to 4-feet tall. The Japanese yew is a needle-bearing evergreen ...

“I’m an unabashed tree hugger,” Cassandra Leah Quave happily admits. And she means it. She’s actually hugged a yew tree in Scotland that is estimated to be 5,000 years old. It wasn’t ...

It often grows as only an individual tree or two amongst other softwood trees. Many yew trees are 20 to 40 feet high typically and 12 to 15 inches in diameter at the base. However, heights to 75 ...