Wood species used for the wood tie in « If »
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Wood specie : Yew
French : If
English : Yew
German : Eibe
Italian : Tasso
Spanish : Tejo
Dutch : Taxusboom
Origin : Europe méridionale, Caucase
Latin : Taxus baccata
Family : Taxacées
Country : France
Trunks of wood : 1 15 m
Diameter : 0 0.8 m
Density : 0.6 0.8
Life : de 200...à 1000 ans.
Its Latin name clearly announces things, Taxus means toxic because, except its red berries which are eaten by birds, everything else is. Because of its slow growth, it has a very tight timber, with beautiful orange color, although it must be careful in very fine sanding because its dust can be irritating. Planted when a monastic community was create in Viegeois (Corrèze)
, this Yew has proudly displays more than 1400 years to a diameter of 9 m...
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