Green Seattle Partnership

Did yew know that the Pacific Yew (or Western Yew) can be found in the Washington Park Arboretum? Located in the South end of the Arboretum above Azalea Way, see if yew can spot this this tree! If you don't know what to look for, Washington Start Parks described the Pacific Yew as "a funky little tree that looks like a cross between a giant bonsai and a miniature conifer".

Small, but mighty - the Pacific Yew grows to a height of only 60 feet and have seeds that looks like red cough drops (called an "aril"). While the red, fleshy part is edible, yew definitely do NOT want to eat the seed, which contains lethal alkaloid taxin. Watch me eat it, watch me roll (because I died from eating the seed).

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