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How to Tell Male and Female Yew Trees Apart? A Detailed Guide to Identification Methods

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When growing yew at home, we all know it looks beautiful, but did you know it has male and female sexes? Do you know how to tell them apart? First, we can distinguish them by their leaves: the leaves of female plants are straighter and denser, growing in a ring pattern, and their growth rate is faster, while those of male plants grow in two layers and their growth rate is slower; second, we can distinguish them by their flowers: male flowers have pedicels and stamens, while female ones do not, and male flowers grow beneath the leaves, while female ones grow at the very top of the floral axis.

1. Look at the leaves

First, we can distinguish them by observing their leaves. Usually, the leaves of female plants look relatively straight and dense, and they grow extremely fast, while male plants grow relatively slowly. In addition, you can also distinguish male from female by the way the leaves grow: if the leaves grow in a ring pattern, it is a female yew, and if they grow in two layers, it is a male plant.

2. Look at the flowers

1. Appearance

Whether female or male yew, both can bloom. The flowers of male plants are roughly spherical in shape, with short pedicels, and their color ranges from pale yellow to brown, about 5 to 6 mm long and 3 mm in diameter, bearing 6 to 14 stamens that are roughly shield-shaped, and each stamen also has 4 to 9 anthers. The flowers of female plants are roughly spherical, have no pedicels, and are about 5 to 6 mm in diameter.

2. Flower position

The flowers of male yew normally grow beneath the leaves, appearing in clusters. The flowers of female plants, however, grow at the very top of the floral axis, and the flowers are not packed tightly against one another. Second, we can also observe whether the flowers it produces have stamens to distinguish them: those that do are male plants, and those that do not are naturally female plants.

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