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Interesting that the only part of the plant that isnt toxic is the seed coat... i guess theres no point in killing the bird thats distributing your seed... ahhh - the beauty of evolution.
Yews are truly amazing trees... in recent years they also isolated a cancer-fighting drug from the bark of pacific yews... but turns out the drug (Taxol) actually came from a symbiotic fungi that was living between the wood and the bark.
Too bad they grow so damn slow.

10-Apr-2007	#3
AMKhalid bonsaiTALK Adept Join Date: Mar-2007 Location: Greater Toronto Area Country: Canada USDA Zone: 5a AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 211	Interesting that the only part of the plant that isnt toxic is the seed coat... i guess theres no point in killing the bird thats distributing your seed... ahhh - the beauty of evolution. Yews are truly amazing trees... in recent years they also isolated a cancer-fighting drug from the bark of pacific yews... but turns out the drug (Taxol) actually came from a symbiotic fungi that was living between the wood and the bark. Too bad they grow so damn slow.