ghostsofevolution | Torreya Trees at Shoal Sanctuary FL: pt 01 Four Torreyas on Sandy Uplands @ghostsofevolution | Uploaded February 2015 | Updated October 2024, 22 seconds ago.
Chris Larson of Shoal Sanctuary, Florida, gives a video tour of the four Torreya Trees thriving since their planting in 2001. Connie Barlow, founder of Torreya Guardians, poses the questions and adds additional photos to this video.
The Torreya tour was filmed 11 February 2015. Of note: (1) only one tree has grown reproductive structures (male) thus far; (2) one survived a severe burn amid the longleaf pines in 2007; (3) all are thriving in nearly full sunlight on very sandy soils in a pine flatlands; (4) agricultural lime is applied only rarely (when a tree begins to show yellowing of its evergreen leaves); and (5) all four specimens are watered at least twice weekly year-round (on an automated system).
This video is part 1 of a series of Shoal Sanctuary videos on Florida Torreya (Torreya taxifolia), a highly endangered conifer tree that was "left behind" in its peak glacial refuge along Florida's Apalachicola River during the thousands of years that the glaciers retreated northward into the Arctic.
More information on Torreya taxifolia "rewilding" and on the overall topic of "assisted migration" of forest trees during this century of rapid climate change is available at torreyaguardians.org
Access a list of all the videos on Torreya trees posted on this youtube channel at:
torreyaguardians.org/video.html
Watch part 02 of this Shoal Sanctuary Torreya series at:
youtu.be/Jo7xKSC8Nfs
Note: one month after this was filmed, Shoal Sanctuary did a control burn for longleaf pine health. You can see photos of the fire crew keeping the flames away from Burn Tree here: torreyaguardians.org/liming.html#2015-burn
Chris Larson of Shoal Sanctuary, Florida, gives a video tour of the four Torreya Trees thriving since their planting in 2001. Connie Barlow, founder of Torreya Guardians, poses the questions and adds additional photos to this video.
The Torreya tour was filmed 11 February 2015. Of note: (1) only one tree has grown reproductive structures (male) thus far; (2) one survived a severe burn amid the longleaf pines in 2007; (3) all are thriving in nearly full sunlight on very sandy soils in a pine flatlands; (4) agricultural lime is applied only rarely (when a tree begins to show yellowing of its evergreen leaves); and (5) all four specimens are watered at least twice weekly year-round (on an automated system).
This video is part 1 of a series of Shoal Sanctuary videos on Florida Torreya (Torreya taxifolia), a highly endangered conifer tree that was "left behind" in its peak glacial refuge along Florida's Apalachicola River during the thousands of years that the glaciers retreated northward into the Arctic.
More information on Torreya taxifolia "rewilding" and on the overall topic of "assisted migration" of forest trees during this century of rapid climate change is available at torreyaguardians.org
Access a list of all the videos on Torreya trees posted on this youtube channel at:
torreyaguardians.org/video.html
Watch part 02 of this Shoal Sanctuary Torreya series at:
youtu.be/Jo7xKSC8Nfs
Note: one month after this was filmed, Shoal Sanctuary did a control burn for longleaf pine health. You can see photos of the fire crew keeping the flames away from Burn Tree here: torreyaguardians.org/liming.html#2015-burn
