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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Torreya taxifolia   FAMILY Taxaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Torreya taxifolia   FAMILY Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Torreya taxifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tumion taxifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar


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image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_124a

        

image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

JK Marlow    jkm100313_096

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

JK Marlow    jkm100313_098

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

JK Marlow    jkm100313_127

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

Male cones borne singly in the axils of needles of the previous year, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).


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image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

Sam Pratt    sbp_040722_image3

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

JK Marlow    jkm150529_107

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Torreya taxifolia, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

JK Marlow    jkm140607_642

June    Franklin County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

Leaves stiff with a short petiole-like constriction, often slightly curved, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Torreya taxifolia   FAMILY Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Torreya taxifolia   FAMILY Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Torreya taxifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tumion taxifolium

 

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3412

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Moist ravines and bluffs, sometimes planted well outside its native range as an ornamental, and also rarely established near plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia Coastal Plain (introduced elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Rare or waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves spine-tipped

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

"FLOWER":
Spring

FRUIT:

 

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