Known as the Graveyard Tree in England, not only because it was poisonous, but because Romans held early church services in the shade of yew trees to convert pagans to the new Christian religion. The trees can live up to three centuries and reach almost seventy feet in height. Every part of the yew is poisonous, with the exception of its bright red berries, but even those contain a toxic seed. Don't rip the tree from your garden yet! Scientists have found it to have powerful antitumor cancer fighting properties.
Pinon pine, teaberry, white spruce, teakwood, white birch and gray myrrh.
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