DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Torreya taxifolia | Florida Torreya 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Florida torreya is endemic to three counties in northern Florida
(Liberty, Gadsden, and Jackson) and extends 1 mile into Decatur County,
Georgia [2,11].  The natural range of this species extends along the
limestone bluffs on the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River and its
tributaries for a 40-mile (64-km) stretch [14].  There is a small colony
of 60 trees approximately 6 miles west of the river at a site known as
Dog Pond in Jackson County [2,11].  Florida torreya is not an abundant
species, and local occurrence is widely scattered along the Apalachicola
River [9,11].  There is a small, introduced population of trees located
in Asheville, North Carolina, on the Biltmore Estate [14].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress


STATES : 
     FL  GA  NC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
NO-ENTRY


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   KO79  Palmetto prairie
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    70  Longleaf pine
    71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
    73  Southern redcedar
    74  Cabbage palmetto
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    87  Sweet gum - yellow-poplar
    98  Pond pine
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Florida torreya is associated with oak-tupelo-cypress
(Quercus-Nyssa-Cupressus) and oak-pine (Quercus-Pinus) forests on the
eastern bank of the Apalachicola River [14].  The longleaf
pine/wiregrass (P. palustris/Aristida stricta) sandhill community is
upslope from these forests [1,21].
 

Related categories for Species: Torreya taxifolia | Florida Torreya