Torreya

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.

Mount Wuyi, China 2008

Torreya Guardians, organized with the help of writer and naturalist Connie Barlow, is already doing this kind of "assisted migration" for an endangered evergreen known as Torreya taxifolia, or Florida stinking cedar.

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Torreya Guardians, organized with the help of a writer and naturalist Connie Barlow, is already doing this kind of "assisted migration" for an endangered evergreen known as Torreya taxifolia, or Florida stinking cedar.

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Google Torreya Guardians to view a photo-essay of this historic event in conservation biology.

Assisted colonization? Let’s hope that will not be our last hope AYDIN 2008

Torreya Guardians migrated 31 seedlings of the highly endangered "Florida" torreya tree into the mountains of North Carolina, onto private properties.

Assisted colonization? Let’s hope that will not be our last hope AYDIN 2008

Chinese roast the Torreya nut until all moisture gone then wait they are cold and eat them.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922

I hope you will try the above two kinds nuts by the above way, as Ginkgo can live over thousand years and Torreya in this country is also long lived, their nut fat would keep the human tissue less easy to decay.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922

The California nutmeg (Torreya californica), a handsome evergreen belonging to the yew family, forms small groves near the cascades a mile or two below the foot of the Valley.

The Yosemite John Muir 1876

Torreya taxifolia, also known as the stinking cedar, native to Florida and Georgia, is rare and endangered.

NPR Topics: News 2011

The Torreya taxifolia, also known as the stinking cedar, native to Florida and Georgia, is rare and endangered.

NPR Topics: News 2011