Taxaceae
Common yew
Taxus baccata
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Taxus
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Common names
By language (77)
- ab
- Аа
- Afrikaans
- Yf
- Albanian
- Tis
- Arabic
- طقسوس توتي, الريحان الترجاني, الزرنب, الطقسوس, رجل الجراد, ريحان ترجاني, زرنب, سرو تركستان
- Armenian
- Կենի հատապտղային
- arz
- طقسوس توتى
- Asturian
- Texu, Teixu
- azb
- گیله مئیوهلی قاراچؤهره
- Azerbaijani
- Giləmeyvəli qaraçöhrə
- Basque
- Hagin arrunt, Europar hagin, Hagin europar
- Belarusian
- Тыс эўрапейскі, Ціс еўрапейскі
- Bosnian
- Tisa
- Breton
- Ivin
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен тис, Тис отровачка
- Catalan
- Teix, If, Teix europeu
- Chinese
- 欧洲红豆杉, 歐洲紅豆杉
- Croatian
- Tisa
- csb
- Zwëczajny cës
- Czech
- Tis červený, Tis obecný
- Danish
- Almindelig taks, Taks
- Dutch
- Venijnboom, Taxus, Gewone taxus, IJfel, Taxusboom
- English
- Common yew, English yew, European yew, Yew
- Esperanto
- Eŭropa taksuso
- Estonian
- Harilik jugapuu, Jugapuu
- Finnish
- Euroopanmarjakuusi, Jukapuu, Jukko, Jukkopuu, Marjakuusi
- French
- If, If commun, If d'Europe, If européen, If à baies
- Galician
- Teixo
- Georgian
- Ურთხელი, Უთხოვარი
- German
- Europäische Eibe, Eibe, Gewöhnliche Eibe, Gemeine Eibe, If, Ziesbusch
- grc
- Μῖλος
- Greek
- Ίταμος
- gsw
- Iibe
- gv
- Euar
- Hebrew
- טקסוס מעונב
- hsb
- Wšědny ćis
- Hungarian
- Közönséges tiszafa
- Icelandic
- Ýviður
- Indonesian
- Tampinur Inggris, Tampinur Eropa
- inh
- База
- Italian
- Tasso, Albero della morte, Nasso, Tasso comune
- Japanese
- ヨーロッパイチイ, セイヨウイチイ, セイヨウオンコ, 西洋イチイ, 西洋一位
- kab
- Teyfuzzel
- Korean
- 서양주목
- kw
- Ewin
- Latvian
- Parastā īve, Ogu īve
- li
- Taxus, Taxuspalm
- Lithuanian
- Europinis kukmedis, If
- Luxembourgish
- Franséische Pällem
- Macedonian
- Обична тиса, Европска тиса, Тиса
- Malayalam
- ടാക്സസ് ബക്കാട്ട
- mzn
- سرخ دار
- Nepali
- बर्मेसल्ला
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Barlind, Europeisk barlind, Gullbarlind, Irsk barlind, Vanlig barlind, Westfelton-barlind, Westfeltonbarlind
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Barlind
- os
- Заз, Зазбæлас
- Pashto
- اروپايي ټاکسوس
- Persian
- سرخدار
- Polish
- Cis pospolity
- Portuguese
- Teixo
- Romanian
- Tisă
- Romansh
- Taisch
- Russian
- Тис ягодный, Зеленица, Негниючка, Тисовое дерево, Тёщино дерево, Ягодный тис
- Scottish Gaelic
- Iubhar
- Serbian
- Evropska tisa, Европска тиса, Тиса
- Serbian (Latin)
- Tisa
- Slovak
- Tis obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Tisa, Navadna tisa
- Spanish
- Tejo comun, Tejo común, Tejo europeo, Tejo negro
- Swedish
- Idegran, Barrlind, Idgran, If
- Thai
- ยูยุโรป
- Turkish
- Yaygın porsuk, Adi porsuk
- Ukrainian
- Тис ягідний, Тис
- Urdu
- یورپی سرخدار
- vec
- Tuja, Pola de nass
- Vietnamese
- Thanh tùng châu Âu, Thanh tùng Âu châu
- Welsh
- Ywen
- wuu
- 欧洲红豆杉
Synonyms
- Cephalotaxus adpressa Beissn.
- Cephalotaxus brevifolia Beissn.
- Cephalotaxus tardiva Siebold ex Endl.
- Taxus adpressa Carrière
- Taxus aurea K.Koch
- Taxus baccata f. aurea Pilg.
- Taxus baccata f. dovastoniana (Leight.) Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. elegantissima (C.Lawson) Beissn.
- Taxus baccata f. erecta (Loudon) Pilg.
- Taxus baccata f. ericoides Pilg.
- Taxus baccata f. expansa Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. glauca (Jacques ex Carrière) Beissn.
- Taxus baccata f. linearis Beissn.
- Taxus baccata f. lutea Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. pendula (J.Nelson) Pilg.
- Taxus baccata f. pendula-graciosa Beissn.
- Taxus baccata f. pyramidalis (C.Lawson) Beissn.
- Taxus baccata f. repandens Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. semperaurea Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. stricta Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. variegata (Weston) Rehder
- Taxus baccata f. xanthocarpa Kuntze
- Taxus baccata var. adpressa-aurea A.Henry
- Taxus baccata var. cavendishii Hornibr.
- Taxus baccata var. dovastoniana Leight.
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-aurea Sénécl.
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-aureovariegata Beissn.
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-variegata Gordon
- Taxus baccata var. elegantissima C.Lawson
- Taxus baccata var. erecta Loudon
- Taxus baccata var. glauca Jacques ex Carrière
- Taxus baccata var. lutea Endl.
- Taxus baccata var. macrocarpa Lavallée
- Taxus baccata var. pendula-overeynderi Fitschen
- Taxus baccata var. prostrata Bean
- Taxus baccata var. pyramidalis C.Lawson
- Taxus baccata var. variegata Weston
- Taxus baccifera Theophr. ex Bubani
- Taxus columnaris K.Koch
- Taxus communis J.Nelson
and 33 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sten, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Giovanni Caudullo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.