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Spreading Yew: Safe by Pond, Drinking Water Supply?
I'm not exactly up on the gardening thing, so some help from the
experts would be much appreciated. My apologies if this should be common knowledge or has been asked before, I've searched the groups and couldn't find an answer. Is there any danger to a pond, 1/3 Acre, that is a primary supply for drinking water if Spreading Yew (Taxus x media 'Densiformis') is used as an enbankment shrub along 1/3 of it. Primary concern would be obviously the toxicity of the bush, but would the few branches or seed pods that might end up in the pond be of any concern to those drinking the water or to the fish in the pond. The bushes are approx 6 feet from waters edge. If there is any other information you would need to answer the question, please post. Thanks in advance, Jake |
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Spreading Yew: Safe by Pond, Drinking Water Supply?
Only the seed itself is poisonous.. the fleshy fruit is edible.
"Jake" wrote in message om... I'm not exactly up on the gardening thing, so some help from the experts would be much appreciated. My apologies if this should be common knowledge or has been asked before, I've searched the groups and couldn't find an answer. Is there any danger to a pond, 1/3 Acre, that is a primary supply for drinking water if Spreading Yew (Taxus x media 'Densiformis') is used as an enbankment shrub along 1/3 of it. Primary concern would be obviously the toxicity of the bush, but would the few branches or seed pods that might end up in the pond be of any concern to those drinking the water or to the fish in the pond. The bushes are approx 6 feet from waters edge. If there is any other information you would need to answer the question, please post. Thanks in advance, Jake |
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Spreading Yew: Safe by Pond, Drinking Water Supply?
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/y/yew---08.html "---Constituents---The fruit and seeds seem to be the most poisonous parts of the tree. An alkaloid taxine has been obtained from the seeds; this is a poisonous, white, crystalline powder, only slightly soluble in water; another principle, Milossin, has also been found. " "David J. Bockman" wrote: Only the seed itself is poisonous.. the fleshy fruit is edible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Spreading Yew: Safe by Pond, Drinking Water Supply?
so who are you going to teach to suck the fruit off and not eat the seed? listen,
our birds dont even eat em. that says it all for me. the plant is poisonous!!!!!! you need red berries, plants some currents. Ingrid "David J. Bockman" wrote: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/yew.htm Seeds, and leaves of yew shrubs. The pulp of the scarlet, berry-like fruit is harmless, but the seeds inside can be FATAL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Spreading Yew: Safe by Pond, Drinking Water Supply?
IT IS POISONOUS. it is just splitting hairs that the whole damn plant is poisonous
EXCEPT the red fruit surrounding the seed. they wanted to know if they should plant it near the pond. without knowing for a fact that IF the fruit dropped into the water and IF the fish ate the fruit would the seed would NOT get digested and NOT kill the fish cause I dont know if anybody has done that experiment or not I suggested dont put something that poisonous that close. Ingrid No one asked about teaching people to eat or not to eat the seeds, the question was whether or not the yew was toxic. Nice strawman agrument though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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