Stinking Cedar (Torreya taxifolia)
Photographed one of the rarest conifers in the world a Stinking Cedar at the Bok Tower Gardens on Iron Mountain near Lake Wales in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
Torreya taxifolia is one of the rarest conifers in the world. The species was once a prominent tree in ravine forests along the Apalachicola River through the Florida panhandle in North America. Since the 1950s, all T. taxifolia trees of reproductive age have died leaving only the remaining seedlings in the forest, a population approximately 0.3% of its original size. The current population is estimated to be between 500 and 600 trees.
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Stinking Cedar (Torreya taxifolia)
Photographed one of the rarest conifers in the world a Stinking Cedar at the Bok Tower Gardens on Iron Mountain near Lake Wales in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
Torreya taxifolia is one of the rarest conifers in the world. The species was once a prominent tree in ravine forests along the Apalachicola River through the Florida panhandle in North America. Since the 1950s, all T. taxifolia trees of reproductive age have died leaving only the remaining seedlings in the forest, a population approximately 0.3% of its original size. The current population is estimated to be between 500 and 600 trees.
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