Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata'

Irish Yew Branches ascending and packed close to stem to give narrow columnar form. Found in 1780, Ireland, the original tree at Florence Court, County Fermanagh c. 12 m tall in 1980; a female clone.

Nelson (1981).

SA: Mt Gambier (Vansittart Park, 2 outstanding trees); Penola (Memorial Park; Yallum Park). Nsw: Mt Tomah (Bot. Gds). Vic: Mt Macedon ('Forest Glades', 'Hascombe'); Terang (cemetery, 3 trees, largest c. 8 m tall in 1992). Act: Yarralumla (Nsy). tas: Hagley (St Mary's Church, large tree); Hobart (Tasmanian Royal Bot. Gds).

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Pinopsida
order     Pinales
family      Taxaceae
genus       Taxus L.
species        Taxus baccata L.