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Torreya taxifolia, commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar, but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood, is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family, Taxaceae. It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region of northern Florida and southwestern Georgia .
Torreya taxifolia range map, 1999. 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.
Ripe seeds of Torreya taxifolia †Torreya clarnensis has been described from Middle Eocene fossils found in the Clarno Formation of Central Oregon, United States. [10] Leafy branch fossils of †Torreya bilinica are known from Oligocene strata of Zichov near Bílina, Czech Republic, early Miocene deposits of Güvem central Anatolia, Turkey and late Miocene deposits of Spain.
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 californica is a species of conifer endemic to California, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is commonly known as California torreya or California nutmeg tree [ 2 ] (although not closely related to true nutmeg ).
Torreya taxifolia (Florida torreya) Ferns and fern allies. Adenophorus periens (pendant kihi fern) Adiantum vivesii (Puerto Rico maidenhair) Ctenitis squamigera (Pauoa)
Torreya: torreyas; Torreya californica: California Torreya Taxaceae (yew family) Torreya taxifolia: Florida torreya Taxaceae (yew family) Cycads; Cycadaceae: cycad family; Cycas: cycads; Cycas circinalis: Guamanian cycad Cycadaceae (cycad family) Cycas micronesica: Micronesian cycad Cycadaceae (cycad family) Cycas pruinosa: powdery cycad ...
The Thomas Grant Harbison House is a historic house at 2930 Walhalla Road, just outside Highlands, North Carolina.The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1921 for the botanist Thomas Grant Harbison (1862-1936), who was responsible for some of the surviving plantings, including a stand of the endangered Torreya taxifolia, on the extant 3.3-acre (1.3 ha) property.