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Torreya State Park is a 13,735 acre (56 km 2) Florida State Park, United States National Natural Landmark and historic site thirteen miles (19 km) north of Bristol. It is located north of S.R 12 on the Apalachicola River , in northwestern Florida ( Florida Panhandle ), at 2576 N.W. Torreya Park Road.
Torreya State Park was established in the 1930s and was the locus for regional employment of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. While named for its famous endemic tree, the site was selected to be a park primarily for historic preservation.
These parks include the Silver Springs State Park, Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Rainbow Springs State Park, and Weeki Wachee Springs. There are state parks in 58 of Florida's 67 counties. [7] Nine of the 175 parks do not have "State Park" in their name. Four are "conservation areas" (reserve, preserve, or wildlife refuge); three are ...
Now we're getting into old Florida. Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park in Wakula Springs south of Tallahassee is full of cypress swamps and historic sites and home to one of the world's ...
Mainly located in San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park, contains a diverse forest environment. Silver Springs: October 1971: Marion: Private Eponymous state park surrounds the state's largest artesian spring. Torreya State Park: December 1976
Torreya. Arn. Arn. Torreya is a genus of conifers comprising six or seven species placed in the family Taxaceae, though sometimes formerly placed in Cephalotaxaceae. [2][3][4][5] Four species are native to eastern Asia; the other two are native to North America. They are small to medium-sized evergreen trees reaching 5–20 m, rarely 25 m, tall.
The Florida Torreya (Torreya taxifolia) is an endangered tree of the yew family, Taxaceae, [1][2] found in the Southeastern United States, at the state border region of northern Florida and southwestern Georgia. T. taxifolia became one of the first federally listed endangered plant species in the United States in 1984; [3] the IUCN has listed ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Liberty County, Florida. ... Torreya State Park: Torreya State Park. August 14, 1972