Among rare relic species are Taiwan hemlock Tsuga formosana, Chinese yew Taxus sinensis, Chinese tulip tree Liriodendron sinensis, yew Ford manglietia Manglietia fordiana, Chinese bretschneidera Bretschneidera sinensis, China cypress Glyptostrobus pensiilis, Chinese Torreya Torreya grandis. From Wordnik.com. [Mount Wuyi, China] Reference
Chinese roast the Torreya nut until all moisture gone then wait they are cold and eat them. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
Google Torreya Guardians to view a photo-essay of this historic event in conservation biology. From Wordnik.com. [Assisted colonization? Let’s hope that will not be our last hope] Reference
Torreya Guardians migrated 31 seedlings of the highly endangered "Florida" Torreya tree into the mountains of North Carolina, onto private properties. From Wordnik.com. [Assisted colonization? Let’s hope that will not be our last hope] Reference
The Torreya Guardians weren't willing to wait that long. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Thus, they concluded, moving Torreya to North Carolina would actually be a sort of homecoming for the tree. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
Torreya taxifolia, also known as the stinking cedar, native to Florida and Georgia, is rare and endangered. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The Torreya taxifolia, also known as the stinking cedar, native to Florida and Georgia, is rare and endangered. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
One amateur group, the Torreya Guardians, are attempting to "rewild" the endangered Florida Torreya, a conifer tree. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
But starting in 2008, the Torreya Guardians planted seedlings from private sources onto privately-owned land in North Carolina. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
But starting in 2008, the Torreya Guardians planted seedlings from private sources onto privately owned land in North Carolina. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
He notes that a few Torreya have been planted in less shaded areas near the visitors center of Northern Florida's Torreya State Park. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
He notes that a few Torreya have been planted in less shaded areas near the visitors center of Northern Florida\'s Torreya State Park. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
But Barlow says that she\'s just out to save the Torreya and is not trying to set an example for "how to solve the world\'s biodiversity crises.". From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
Only several hundred Torreya pines remain in the wild, clinging to a few ravines by Florida's Apalachicola River, less than 1 percent of the stock a century ago. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Only several hundred Torreya pines remain in the wild, clinging to a few ravines by Florida\'s Apalachicola River, less than 1 percent of the stock a century ago. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
Last July, the group planted endangered Torreya taxifolia seedlings in new habitat patches north of their customary domain in Florida, where it is becoming too hot for the conifers to survive. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
They argued that the Torreya is not truly native to northern Florida but was pushed south, along with many species, by the last ice age and then was unable to move north again when the glaciers retreated. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
Opposing them was Mark Schwartz, a plant ecologist at the University of California who has studied Torreya for 20 years and argued that traditional, less risky conservation measures should be given a chance to succeed. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
This theme was picked up in the first public discussion of assisted migration, a pair of dueling articles published in 2004 by the environmentalist journal Wild Earth about the wisdom of moving the endangered Torreya pines north. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
\r\nThe Torreya Guardians weren\'t willing to wait that long. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
\r\nIt\'s not known for certain that climate was a major factor in the Torreya struggles. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
\r\nOpposing them was Mark Schwartz, a plant ecologist at the University of California who has studied Torreya for 20 years and argued that traditional, less risky conservation measures should be given a chance to succeed. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
\r\nThis theme was picked up in the first public discussion of assisted migration, a pair of dueling articles published in 2004 by the environmentalist journal Wild Earth about the wisdom of moving the endangered Torreya pines north. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre.org - Tracking the Next Military and Technological Revolutions] Reference
Within the ecoregion, the best opportunities for conservation in the short term occur in: Blackwater River State Forest; Eglin Air Force Base; several Florida state parks (especially Wekiwa Springs, Torreya, Gold Head Branch, and San Felasco Hammock); the University of Florida's Ordway Preserve; and the Nature Conservancy's Janet Butterfield Brooks Preserve. From Wordnik.com. [Southeastern conifer forests] Reference
Above 2,000 m, the forest is dominated by Himalayan tree taxa such as Alnus nepalensis, Betula alnoides, Carpinus, Prunus, Pyrus, and Torreya, and these transition into Castanea, Cornus, Eriobotrya, Laurus, and Taxus at higher elevations. From Wordnik.com. [Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests] Reference
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