NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Torreya taxifolia
Florida Nutmeg, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar
Scientific Name: |
Torreya taxifolia |
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Genus: |
Torreya |
Species Epithet: |
taxifolia |
Common Name: |
Florida Nutmeg, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar |
Plant Type |
Tree/Shrub |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Cephalotaxaceae (Plum-Yew Family) |
Native/Alien: |
S.E. Native |
Size: |
6-12 ft., 12-36 ft., 36-72 ft. |
Light: |
Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Moist |
Bloom Time: |
April |
Habitat Description: |
Moist ravines and bluffs, sometimes planted well outside its native range as an ornamental, and also rarely established near plantings. An endangered endemic of ravines along the Apalachicola River in Panhandle FL and sw. GA. This is a SE native and not native to NC. |
Leaf Retention: |
Evergreen |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Simple |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Not Assigned |
Landscape Value: |
Suitable for home landscapes |
State Rank: |
(*Key) |
Global Rank: |
G1 - Critically imperiled (*Key) |
State Status: |
(*Key) |
Federal Status: |
E - Endangered (*Key) |
Notes: |
Endemic to about a dozen ravine complexes along the Apalachicola River in Florida and adjacent Georgia. Within this unusual habitat, the species was once common. However, since the late 1950s, a fungal pathogen of uncertain origin and no known control has decimated the populations. There are currently no reproducing individuals known in the wild and the species is persisting only as stump shoots and occasional root sprouts. Most of the Georgia habitat was eliminated by flooding from a major dam. |
Cary Payntor |
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