Great video, I enjoyed watching it. Here where I live we also have Yews, but not the pacific yew, rather the european yew. Amazing tree with lots of history. The pacific North West is also a beautiful location would love to visit one day!
I’ve been planting some in an area on the Washington side of the Colombia river gorge near Mill A and Willard. Hope to harvest a few for bows… but of course I plant more than I harvest
Great video! I noticed that many of the Pacific Yews growing around Timothy Lake are actually different in that many of them tip layer to reproduce making groves everywhere, and many being connected together like one tree. I don't see that in the yews of the lower elevations at all. Its very strange.
That's an interesting observation, which upon reflection, I notice also. I'll keep looking as we travel to other locations/elevations. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the great video and the funny bloopers! I grew up in the PNW and it's great to find such useful information coming from the locals. It's not like the old days when all the bird books were printed in Connecticut and they couldn't tell you what that native Oregon bird was, or the plant books that were written in Kansas but still sold in Oregon. Do you have any videos on southern Oregon plants and trees? It's a whole different deal here. Been here over a year now and I'm still learning what's what. I'm still wondering sometimes, "can I eat that?"
Thank you for the comment! I'm familiar with the frustration of 'Eastern US bias' in a lot of things, not just nature manuals. As a former Urban Forester, I had to contend with resistance to using an oak species from California, while people preferred trees native to the Ohio/Mississippi River valleys. We intend to cover species from all across the western US, but several things have kept us from travelling around much. The Siskyous and southern Cascades have amazing plant diversity, and several are on the list for which to create videos when we get down there. I'll update the channel subscribers when we have a trip planned!
If you ever found yourself in the middle of an elk heard that’s communicating or near a female cougar in heat you will quickly wonder what happened to your quiet forest. Especially a cougar , will literally make your blood run cold… especially when it sounds off in the dark as your walking through the deep , dark PNW woods. I love it
Thanks for the comment and follow! Pacific yew can be somewhat finicky to propagate and grows extremely slow, so it is hard for nurseries to justify the work/time compared to propagating/selling easier native species. 🙁 Customers who aren't aware of this balk at the high cost of such plants.
@@westernplantexplorers540 I wonder how this tree would behave when propagated in a tissue culture setting. I know redwoods can be propagated that way.
These drugs are not actually from the Pacific Yew any longer. The drug administration didn't think it was worth the money in invest since the trees are slow grown, so they now use a different Yew tree and synthesize most of the drug unfortunately. They renamed it Taxol (capital T) and pretend it's the same as taxol, but sadly it is not.
I am sorry I do not speak English well. I am a tree collector from Poland. I have over 200 species and varieties. I am most interested in yews. At the moment I have 55 varieties. In Europe, there is a problem with obtaining Taxus canadensis and Taxus brevifolia seedlings . Can you send them to Poland? Regards Gregory
Hey Julian, enjoyed the video- especially the bloopers!
Thank you for making this video! your description really helped me learn this tree for my dendrology class!
Glad to know that it is helpful! I appreciate your letting me know. 👍
Great video, I enjoyed watching it. Here where I live we also have Yews, but not the pacific yew, rather the european yew. Amazing tree with lots of history. The pacific North West is also a beautiful location would love to visit one day!
Taxus baccata is a wonderful tree! Amazing old specimens of which I've seen pictures. The PNW is beautiful and I hope you can visit someday!
I’ve been planting some in an area on the Washington side of the Colombia river gorge near Mill A and Willard. Hope to harvest a few for bows… but of course I plant more than I harvest
the horizontal growth of the foliage is an adaptation to shade.
Excellent video! The info is well stated and presented in an easy to follow way with beautiful views. The outtakes are a splendid addition! Well done.
Thanks for the comment! Glad you liked it! We'll be doing another one soon, so keep a look out.
Can’t wait for more videos to come! Really enjoyed the scenery of the video and how well you explained things. And lots of fun facts!
Thank you, Tressa - glad you liked the video! Thank you for subscribing - we'll have more videos up in a week or so!
Please, where can I get some of the seeds to buy?
Great video! I noticed that many of the Pacific Yews growing around Timothy Lake are actually different in that many of them tip layer to reproduce making groves everywhere, and many being connected together like one tree. I don't see that in the yews of the lower elevations at all. Its very strange.
That's an interesting observation, which upon reflection, I notice also. I'll keep looking as we travel to other locations/elevations. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the great video and the funny bloopers! I grew up in the PNW and it's great to find such useful information coming from the locals. It's not like the old days when all the bird books were printed in Connecticut and they couldn't tell you what that native Oregon bird was, or the plant books that were written in Kansas but still sold in Oregon.
Do you have any videos on southern Oregon plants and trees? It's a whole different deal here. Been here over a year now and I'm still learning what's what. I'm still wondering sometimes, "can I eat that?"
Thank you for the comment! I'm familiar with the frustration of 'Eastern US bias' in a lot of things, not just nature manuals. As a former Urban Forester, I had to contend with resistance to using an oak species from California, while people preferred trees native to the Ohio/Mississippi River valleys.
We intend to cover species from all across the western US, but several things have kept us from travelling around much. The Siskyous and southern Cascades have amazing plant diversity, and several are on the list for which to create videos when we get down there. I'll update the channel subscribers when we have a trip planned!
If you ever found yourself in the middle of an elk heard that’s communicating or near a female cougar in heat you will quickly wonder what happened to your quiet forest. Especially a cougar , will literally make your blood run cold… especially when it sounds off in the dark as your walking through the deep , dark PNW woods. I love it
6:47 wouldn't that be Peat bogs?
I wonder if any nurseries around here sell this. I haven't seen the species in any of the native plant sections I've been to.
Thanks for the comment and follow!
Pacific yew can be somewhat finicky to propagate and grows extremely slow, so it is hard for nurseries to justify the work/time compared to propagating/selling easier native species. 🙁 Customers who aren't aware of this balk at the high cost of such plants.
@@westernplantexplorers540 I wonder how this tree would behave when propagated in a tissue culture setting. I know redwoods can be propagated that way.
I am currently getting acquainted with one of the drugs derived from the Pacific Yew- Docetaxel, although I wish I wasn't.
These drugs are not actually from the Pacific Yew any longer. The drug administration didn't think it was worth the money in invest since the trees are slow grown, so they now use a different Yew tree and synthesize most of the drug unfortunately. They renamed it Taxol (capital T) and pretend it's the same as taxol, but sadly it is not.
I am sorry I do not speak English well.
I am a tree collector from Poland. I have over 200 species and varieties. I am most interested in yews. At the moment I have 55 varieties. In Europe, there is a problem with obtaining Taxus canadensis and Taxus brevifolia seedlings . Can you send them to Poland?
Regards
Gregory
Your English is perfect.
I do not have the ability to ship seedlings or seeds. Sorry I cannot help there.
@@westernplantexplorers540Why not?