But this most robust of plants in the forest is no winner in the straightness league. Among the yew's extensive root system and twisting trunk, one is hard put to find a straight length of timber anywhere, so from the craftsman's point of view the yew does not have a good shape, and it is not easy to make furniture from it.
可是這一森林裡最結棍的植物，卻不以「筆直」取勝，它根系寬大、樹幹扭曲、要找到一段齊整的木材不易，由木材加工、利用觀點視之，紅豆杉樹型不佳，製成傢具，不易處理。