# Yew > [!material-plant] Material Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Alias(es)** | Taxus baccata | > | **Category** | Plant-matter | > | **Color(s)** | Flowers: green<br>Leaves: Dark green | > | **Cost** | —— | > | **Environment/Habitat** | Temperate, woods, and hedges | > | **Lifecycle/Lifespan** | Perennial | > | **Profession(s)** | [[Alchemist]], [[Carpenter]], [[Cook]], [[Herbalist]], [[Poisonmaker]] | > | **Rarity** | —— | > | **Size** | 10-20m | > | **Weight** | —— | --- ## Description A highly toxic evergreen tree, with showy, red berries and flat, green needles. It symbolizes death and rebirth, allowing contact, control, and raising of the dead. --- ## Properties highly toxic; dry mouth; vertigo; vomiting; abdominal pain; arrhythmia; hypotension; unconsciousness; cardiac arrest; no known antidote ### Magical Properties - Builds barriers for souls of the dead - Favorite of necromancers - Helps in summoning spirits, restoring life, raising corpses, and creating undead servants - Protects objects from toxins - Strengthens poisons - Tree of the dead ### Culinary Properties - Seedless berries are edible raw