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Torreya species are all adapted to establish and grow slowly as subcanopy woody plants in forest habitats of moderate to dense shade. In this way, their leaf structure and growth habit resemble species of yew, genus Taxus, which is a close relative. [8] Torreya species are found in late seral and climax communities. Owing to their ability to ...
Cultivated extensively for its edible seed, and as an ornamental plant. Torreya jackii: Jack's nutmeg tree, longleaf torreya, Jack torreya, and weeping torreya: China, in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces: Torreya nucifera: kaya, Japanese torreya, or Japanese nutmeg-yew. southern Japan and to South Korea's Jeju Island: Torreya taxifolia ...
Torreya taxifolia compared with two Asian species and Florida yew [27] Torreya taxifolia is the type species of the genus Torreya, owing to the timing of its entering herbaria used in western science. The genus has far greater representation in east Asia and also in the mountains of California (Torreya californica) than in its relictual range ...
"I love that beets are edible from their leafy greens all the way down to their bulb roots," Bauer says. "I like to sauté leaves like you would spinach, I add the roots to salads or sandwiches ...
California nutmeg (Torreya californica) Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) Port Orford cedar/Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) White fir (Abies concolor) - at high elevations; Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Red fir (Abies magnifica) Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)
Tonka Beans. This wrinkly legume from South America underwent a recent boom in the fine-dining world due to its notes of vanilla, almond, and cinnamon, but it has actually been illegal in the U.S ...
Cassava is a tuberous edible plant that was likely first cultivated by the Maya people in Yucatán in present-day Mexico. The plant is the source of flour, bread, tapioca, and an alcoholic beverage.
The cones are stout and heavy, typically 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in) long and broad, and contain large, hard-shelled, but edible, pine nuts. [4] Like all pines, its needles are clustered into 'fascicles' that have a particular number of needles for each pine species; in the Torrey pine there are five needles in each fascicle.