Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus) feeding on yew fruits (Taxus baccata), Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus) collecting yew fruits (Taxus baccata) before running away, Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus), feeding on yew fruits (Taxus baccata, Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus), collecting yew fruits (Taxus baccata), Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus), collecting and feeding on yew fruits (Taxus baccata), Vienna, Austria

Kerstin Hinze / Two Black-bellied hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) feeding on yew fruits (Taxus baccata) before running away, Vienna, Austria

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) collecting yew fruits (Taxus baccata) on the grass, Vienna, Austria

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus), collecting yew fruits (Taxus baccata), Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus) feeding on yew fruits (Taxus baccata) before running away, Vienna, Austria, October.

David Tipling / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in song perched in Yew tree in churchyard, Suffolk, England, UK. February

Will Watson / Artichoke gall caused by a midge (Taxomyia taxi), on Yew (Taxus baccata) Leominster Priory, Herefordshire, England, UK, October 2016.

Alex Hyde / Yew berry (Taxus baccata) Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Yew (Taxus baccata) berries. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.

Matthew Maran / Yew leaf (Taxus baccata) Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK. February.

Alex Hyde / Stunted yew (Taxus baccata) and Hazel (Corylus avellana) trees growing in limestone pavement gryke, Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve, Lancashire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Stunted yew tree (Taxus baccata) growing in limestone pavement gryke, Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve, Lancashire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Stunted Yew tree (Taxus baccata) growing in limestone pavement gryke, Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve, Lancashire, UK. September.

Will Watson / Yew tree (Taxus baccata) bark with new needles growing direct from trunk, Herefordshire, England, December.

Juan Carlos Munoz / European yew (Taxus baccata) with berries, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, September.

Adrian Davies / Bark of ancient Yew tree (Taxus baccata) Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, Sussex, England, March.

Chris Mattison / Yew (Taxus baccata) stunted tree growing on limestone pavement, Gait Barrows, Lancashire, England, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Yew berry (Taxus baccata), Nottinghamshire, UK. October.

Mike Read / Bolton's Bench, commemorative bench for the Duke of Bolton, and ancient Yew (Taxus baccata) tree on a hill, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. November.

Colin Varndell / Yew tree (Taxus baccata) with graves, St.Nicholas churchyard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is thought to be at least a thousand years old.

Colin Varndell / Roots of Yew tree (Taxus baccata) in St.Nicholas churchyard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is thought to be at least a thousand years old.

Colin Varndell / Trunk of Yew tree (Taxus baccata) in St.Nicholas churchyard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is thought to be at least a thousand years old.

Colin Varndell / Trunk of Yew tree (Taxus baccata) in St.Nicholas churchyard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is thought to be at least a thousand years old.

Colin Varndell / Trunk of Yew tree (Taxus baccata) in St.Nicholas churchyard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is thought to be at least a thousand years old.

Colin Varndell / Trunk of Yew tree (Taxus baccata) in St.Nicholas churchyard, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK, November. Tree is thought to be at least a thousand years old.

Ernie Janes / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched in Yew (Taxus baccata) hedge in winter, Norfolk, UK. January.

Linda Pitkin / Male flowers of English yew (Taxus baccata), Surrey, England. March.

Chris Mattison / Yew tree (Taxus baccata) berries close up, Penalt, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. November.

Adrian Davies / Yew tree sapling (Taxus baccata) growing in cleft of Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) trunk, Surrey, UK. June.

Stephen Dalton / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) living under roots of Yew tree (Taxus baccata) England, UK.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Chapel of Santa María surrounded by European yew (Taxus baccata) and mountains in distance, Las Ubinas-La Mesa Natural Park. Asturias. Spain. August 2020.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Chapel of Santa Maria surrounded by European yew (Taxus baccata) and mountains in distance, Las Ubinas-La Mesa Natural Park. Asturias. Spain. August 2020.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Chapel of Santa Maria surrounded by European yew (Taxus baccata) and mountains in distance, Las Ubinas-La Mesa Natural Park. Asturias. Spain. August 2020.

Linda Pitkin / Yew (Taxus baccata) berries, both mature and immature. Hampton Court, Richmond Upon Thames, England, UK. September.

Linda Pitkin / Yew (Taxus baccata) young male flowers, Box Hill, Surrey, England, February.

Linda Pitkin / Yew (Taxus baccata), mature and immature berries (arils), Polesden Lacey NT, Surrey, England, October.

Linda Pitkin / Yew (Taxus baccata) berries, Box Hill, Surrey, England, September.

Linda Pitkin / Yew (Taxus baccata) berries, Box Hill, Surrey, England, September.

Gary K. Smith / Yew tree (Taxus baccata) growing on limestone outcrop, surrounded by grassland. Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, UK. September 2019.

Nigel Cattlin / A mature English yew tree (Taxus baccata) where it is traditionally planted in a churchyard, Kintbury, Berkshire, England, UK, April