Balderschwang Yew

[1] The yew is found near Balderschwang in Oberallgäu, Bavaria, at an elevation of 1,150 meters (3,773 ft), a few hundred metres above the municipality and exposed on a seasonal mountain pasture.

[2] Its location is to the northeast of Balderschwang and to the west of Sonthofen; it overlooks the rolling foothills of the Bavarian Alpine Foreland.

The comparison of morphological features of the leaves and the time of their sprouting suggested that the trunks belonged to the same root system and a DNA test proved that they form a single organism.

The trunks are hollow but the tree's foliage is complete and it still sends out fresh shoots.

[4] The tree possesses the characteristics of an ancient yew and its age was estimated at between 600 and 1,000 years.