Today, I finished creating a PowerPoint presentation of
the Torreya Guardians project to re-wild the Florida Torreya via assisted
migration for preventing the extinction of the species in the wild. I’ll post the
presentation to my Flickr site after review by other Torreya Guardians.
The project germinates Torreya taxifolia seeds and raises the seedlings until they can be
given to volunteers who will plant the trees on their own lands. I created the
presentation help introduce gardeners, landscapers, and naturalists, among
others, to the values of this tree. Connie said I would be getting twenty more
seeds this winter, so I hope to use the presentation to find new volunteers next
spring and summer.
Photo by Connie Barlow
Interesting to read about what you are doing for the Torreyas. I hope that they are able to bounce back. Am I right in thinking that a fungus devastated the population of this plant?
ReplyDeleteYes, the fungus is almost certainly the culprit unless you also want to blame the Ice Ages.
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