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Torreya
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Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Florida torreya, stinking-cedar, Florida nutmeg-yew
Family:
Taxaceae (yew family)
Distribution:
s.e. United States
IUCN Red list:
Critically Endangered
National red list:
Federally Endangered
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 6
Life form:
Evergreen tree
NatureServe Rank:
G1 - Critically Imperiled
IUCN Red List code:
CR A2ace; 10 August 2010
Comments:
This extremely rare and threatened conifer shrub, a member of the yew family, is only native to a small area along the Apalachicola River of northern Florida and the adjacent sliver of southern Georgia. This formerly prominent plant is exceedingly uncommon today. The sharply pointed needles have a fragrance similar to celery. Expect a small tree, perhaps growing 15-20' tall after many years.
Links:
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Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
Global Trees Campaign
•
IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species
•
NatureServe Explorer
•
USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture
•
USFS ECOS (Environmental Conservation Online System)
•
World Flora Online
Locations
1:
CON: CJ10
(CJ10)
• Accession: D2014-0855.006
2:
CON: CJ10
(CJ10)
• Accession: D2014-0855.009
3:
CON: CJ10
(CJ10)
• Accession: D2014-0855.007
4:
CON: CJ10
(CJ10)
• Accession: D2014-0855.008
5:
STU: AT08
(AT08)
• Accession: D2014-0855.002
6:
STU: AT08
(AT08)
• Accession: D2014-0855.003
7:
STU: AT08
(AT08)
• Accession: D2014-0855.004
8:
STU: AT08
(AT08)
• Accession: D2014-0855.005
9:
STU: AU09
(AU09)
• Accession: D2006-0305.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
10:
STU: AU09
(AU09)
• Accession: D2006-0305.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
11:
STU: AU09
(AU09)
• Accession: D2006-0306.001
Area
Individual