[MAIPC] Another invasive plant species that kills our mammals

[Marc Imlay]

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/family-of-black-bears-found-
dead-common-shrub-played-role/77446/

 

 

"The English yew is a conifer native to Europe, Africa, and southwest Asia,"
explained the Pennsylvania Game Commission in a Facebook post. "The plant
has lance-shaped leaves and produces a red berry-like cupped structure
called an 'aril' that contains a single brown seed. It is widely cultivated
in eastern North America as an ornamental shrub and often found in urban
environments." 



 

From: Mike Vandeman [mailto:mjvande at pacbell.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:33 PM
To: Recipient list suppressed:
Subject: Yet another reason to remove exotics

 

 
<https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/family-of-black-bears-found
-dead-common-shrub-played-role/77446/>
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/family-of-black-bears-found-
dead-common-shrub-played-role/77446/

 

"The plants contain a alkaloid compound called "taxine," which is highly
toxic to most animal and humans if ingested, according to the game
commission.

 

"Taxine is found in all parts of the yew except the fleshy part of the aril,
with seeds containing the highest concentrations of the toxin," the Facebook
post reads. "While yew are toxic year-round, toxin levels increasing during
the winter months. Yew is cardiotoxic and impacts the heart's ability to
beat properly."

 

English Yews are known to live for a very long time. For example, the
Fortingall Yew is the oldest living tree in Great Britain. Located in the
churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland, experts
estimate the tree is between 2,000 and 3,000 years old."

 

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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans
("pure habitat").

Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and
road construction.)

 

Wildlife must be given top priority, because they can't protect themselves
from us.

 

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are
fond of!

 

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