Autumn Yew Tree Detail Study: Red Berries Dark Green and the Secret Life in the Yew Branches
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Dense, richly-detailed, darkly beautiful autumn yew tree botanical study: large-format, close-up botanical study of ancient yew tree (Taxus baccata) section in full autumn berry-bearing glory. Yew: dark, dense, ancient, needles in deep midnight green-black, in sharp contrast with bright red arils (berry-like seed coverings), each aril precisely drawn showing open red cup containing dark toxic seed. Branch system: complex, layered, crossing and recrossing, sense of great density and age. On branches: secret life — goldcrest (smallest European bird) in extraordinary detail, one tiny claw gripping twig; spider with egg sac; moth larvae in rolled leaf; millipede on branch. Bark: rough, deeply textured, reddish-grey, with lichen patches.
