Florida Torreya's California Cousin Has Clues for Ex Situ Plantings - pt 1 of 2

Click on timecoded topics below for direct access: 00:29 - endangered species listing of Florida Torreya 00:36 - map of plantings made by Torreya Guardians 00:49 - emphasis on natural history observations 01:03 - map of California Torreya sites visited in 2005 01:36 - paleo history of genus Torreya in n. hemisphere 02:10 - map of 3 "peak glacial refuges" in southeastern USA 02:24 - why natural history observations in Calif help Florida Torreya 02:53 - brief background on Florida Torreya as "left behind" 03:21 - photos of diseased torreyas in native Florida habitat 03:32 - anthropogenic climate change as an additional stress 03:41 - north Georgia is where ESA officials have seed orchards 04:15 - 2004 Barlow & Martin advocacy paper re moving Torreya 04:49 - importance of finding northward limits of species viability 05:03 - goal: "to get this species out of the hospice wing" ("rewilding") 05:56 - "free-planting" seeds directly forest, while avoiding seed predation 06:21 - natural history observations indicate Torreya is a sub-canopy species 07:11 - CALIF SITE 1A - Robert Louis Stevenson State Park 11:43 - CALIF SITE 1B - a mountain ravine near Calistoga 15:15 - CALIF SITES 2 and 3 - Sequoia and Yosemite Natl Parks 21:24 - key conclusions re sun, moisture, and interspecies competition 21:42 - Torreya's big advantage for shade: a very big seed 22:12 - Torreya's ability to shift leaf arrangement based on sun or shade 22:27 - images of seedlings, often sprouting in deep shade 23:10 - genus Torreya often grows as double or triple stems 24:10 - similarity of Torreya and Hemlock (Tsuga) as subcanopy capable 24:36 - need to "reduce expectations" re growth speed in wild forest 25:22 - continue to part 2 for final Calif site: champion size trees Continue to the final video segment:    • Florida Torreya's California Cousin Has Cl...   Annotated list of all videos by Torreya Guardians: http://www.torreyaguardians.org/video...