Saturday, January 21, 2012

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 H?rnli 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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