ghostsofevolution | Florida Torreya's California Cousin Has Clues for Ex Situ Plantings - pt 2 of 2 @ghostsofevolution | Uploaded February 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
This is the final segment of a 2-part series by Torreya Guardians.
Be sure to watch part 1 first: youtu.be/dpwFFo6LU7o
Click on timecodes for direct access to each topic:
00:05 - map of the fourth and final site in Calif: Santa Cruz
00:13 - terrain map of Scott Creek watershed north of Santa Cruz
01:46 - site visit team is Connie Barlow, Jim West, and Lee Klinger
02:30 - big, tall Torreyas in full-sun, full-seed at old train station
03:23 - site visit 200 foot elevation; old trees on very steep slope
04:11 - Torreya seedlings benefit from sun when big pine falls over
04:41 - Fallen log is a Monterey Pine, which is rare and dying
05:01 - the pine is one of several struggling "glacial relict conifers" in Calif
05:15 - conservation officials are unwilling to move glacial relicts north
05:33 - example: 1998 paper by Millar on invasiveness of glacial relicts
09:35 - Monterey Cypress example of rare endemic thriving northward
10:52 - Torrey Pine example of struggling endemic helped by landscapers
13:19 - summary of experience with California relict conifers
13:39 - site visit to the giant California Torreyas along Scotts Creek
15:53 - visit to the "champion" Torreya californica
17:53 - ten years later (2015), the champion was declared dead
18:09 - the champion was nominated in 1993 by Frank Callahan
18:18 - 2017 Connie visits Callahan to receive Florida torreya seeds
19:09 - how history of logging helps for interpreting Torreya statures
20:40 - logged redwood stumps regrow with a ring of basal sprouts
21:05 - torreya also regrows ring of basals; example from China
21:21 - torreyas are cut illegally as best wood for "Go" boards
21:39 - California Coast Redwoods thrive in Seattle landscaping
21:48 - series of images of redwood seedlings "naturalizing" in Seattle
22:41 - Connie created video series of California redwoods in Pacific NW
23:14 - Seattle area parks have begun planting California redwoods
23:40 - Seattle kids in "Plant-for-the-Planet" help plant redwoods
23:43 - Connie Barlow teaches the kids about fossil evidence of redwoods
23:58 - summary of redwood plantings by "Moving the Giants to Puget Sound"
24:24 - Connie Barlow, Michael Foster, Philip Stielstra document redwoods in Seattle
24:47 - summary "clues" from this 2-part California Torreya video series
26:23 - list of 23 videos by Torreya Guardians
27:23 - map of state-by-state plantings by Torreya Guardians and seed sources
Torreya Guardians: torreyaguardians.org
"Moving the Giants to Puget Sound": plantagroveoftrees.com
Seattle "Plant-for-the-Planet": climatechangeforfamilies.com/plant-for-the-planet-academy
"Sudden Oak Life" (by Lee Klinger) - suddenoaklifeorg.wordpress.com
Access all VIDEOS in the Torreya Guardians series: http://www.torreyaguardians.org/video...
Two WIKIPEDIA pages put the citizen efforts of Torreya Guardians in context of the overall need for "assisted migration" poleward of native trees:
"Assisted Migration of Forests in North America" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_migration_of_forests_in_North_America
"Torreya Guardians" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_Guardians
This is the final segment of a 2-part series by Torreya Guardians.
Be sure to watch part 1 first: youtu.be/dpwFFo6LU7o
Click on timecodes for direct access to each topic:
00:05 - map of the fourth and final site in Calif: Santa Cruz
00:13 - terrain map of Scott Creek watershed north of Santa Cruz
01:46 - site visit team is Connie Barlow, Jim West, and Lee Klinger
02:30 - big, tall Torreyas in full-sun, full-seed at old train station
03:23 - site visit 200 foot elevation; old trees on very steep slope
04:11 - Torreya seedlings benefit from sun when big pine falls over
04:41 - Fallen log is a Monterey Pine, which is rare and dying
05:01 - the pine is one of several struggling "glacial relict conifers" in Calif
05:15 - conservation officials are unwilling to move glacial relicts north
05:33 - example: 1998 paper by Millar on invasiveness of glacial relicts
09:35 - Monterey Cypress example of rare endemic thriving northward
10:52 - Torrey Pine example of struggling endemic helped by landscapers
13:19 - summary of experience with California relict conifers
13:39 - site visit to the giant California Torreyas along Scotts Creek
15:53 - visit to the "champion" Torreya californica
17:53 - ten years later (2015), the champion was declared dead
18:09 - the champion was nominated in 1993 by Frank Callahan
18:18 - 2017 Connie visits Callahan to receive Florida torreya seeds
19:09 - how history of logging helps for interpreting Torreya statures
20:40 - logged redwood stumps regrow with a ring of basal sprouts
21:05 - torreya also regrows ring of basals; example from China
21:21 - torreyas are cut illegally as best wood for "Go" boards
21:39 - California Coast Redwoods thrive in Seattle landscaping
21:48 - series of images of redwood seedlings "naturalizing" in Seattle
22:41 - Connie created video series of California redwoods in Pacific NW
23:14 - Seattle area parks have begun planting California redwoods
23:40 - Seattle kids in "Plant-for-the-Planet" help plant redwoods
23:43 - Connie Barlow teaches the kids about fossil evidence of redwoods
23:58 - summary of redwood plantings by "Moving the Giants to Puget Sound"
24:24 - Connie Barlow, Michael Foster, Philip Stielstra document redwoods in Seattle
24:47 - summary "clues" from this 2-part California Torreya video series
26:23 - list of 23 videos by Torreya Guardians
27:23 - map of state-by-state plantings by Torreya Guardians and seed sources
Torreya Guardians: torreyaguardians.org
"Moving the Giants to Puget Sound": plantagroveoftrees.com
Seattle "Plant-for-the-Planet": climatechangeforfamilies.com/plant-for-the-planet-academy
"Sudden Oak Life" (by Lee Klinger) - suddenoaklifeorg.wordpress.com
Access all VIDEOS in the Torreya Guardians series: http://www.torreyaguardians.org/video...
Two WIKIPEDIA pages put the citizen efforts of Torreya Guardians in context of the overall need for "assisted migration" poleward of native trees:
"Assisted Migration of Forests in North America" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_migration_of_forests_in_North_America
"Torreya Guardians" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_Guardians
