Categories DavidAutumn colours: yew “berries” ripening Post author By David Post date 19 November 2017 Green and red, evergreen leaves and the bright red of the fleshy aril. This looks like a berry, but actually a fleshy coating to a single seed, a modified cone. The seeds, like most parts of the tree, are poisonous. ← Young goosander, Bridgnorth, ashore for another preen → Still hanging round, fuchsia flowers