Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Where are the 3 pure yew tree forests in europe?

Reenadinna Wood, in the centre of Killarney National Park, is the only surviving pure yew forest in Ireland.


http://www.cvni.org/stories/yew/yew.html





The Hörnli region, Swizerland comprises a large-scale and original yew population of at least 50,000individuals with a trunk diameter up to 10cm.For its sheer numbers it has been dubbed a ‘yew mekka’ of Europe


http://www.ancient-yew.org/pdfs/Yew_Stan...








Kingley Vale is one of the sites representing yew Taxus baccata woods on chalk, in the central southern part of its UK range. It has been selected primarily because of its size, as it is the largest area of yew woodland in Britain


http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SA...





A (private) yew woodland, Wiltshire almost pure yew woodland with many old to ancient specimens.


http://www.ancient-yew.org/pdfs/Yew_Stan...


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