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12-22-2016

Torreya taxifolia

Torreya taxifolia NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Torreya taxifolia, commonly known as the stinking-cedar or Florida torreya, but also sometimes as gopher wood or Florida nutmeg, is an endangered tree of the yew family, Taxaceae, found in the Southeastern United States, at the state border region of northern Florida and southwestern Georgia.Torreya taxifolia, commonly called Florida torreya, is a dioecious, small to medium sized, evergreen coniferous tree in the yew family that is currently found in the wild along bluffs, slopes and wooded ravines on the east side of the Apalachicola River in Liberty and Gadsden Counties in Florida plus in adjacent Decatur County in Georgia, with an additional small population on the west side of the river.

Detailed information
Full Name: Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Conifers and Cycads
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 01/23/1984 Southeast Region (Region 4) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Florida torreya, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Florida , Georgia
  • US Counties in which the Florida torreya, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Countries in which the the Florida torreya, Wherever found is known to occur: United States
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Florida torreya.
Date
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Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/09/1986 Florida Torreya View Implementation Progress Final
Date
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Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/09/1986 Florida Torreya View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
04/09/2009 74 FR 16230 16232 Notice of initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 13 Southeastern Plant Species; request for information
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
07/30/2010 Torreya taxifolia (Florida torreya) 5-Year Review
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