Florida Torreya
Torreya taxifolia
Florida torreya (stinking cedar) is one of North America's rarest conifers, a ravine evergreen of the Apalachicola bluffs with stiff, pungent dark needles. Critically endangered and the focus of conservation efforts.
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–50 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- brown
- Wildlife value
- mammals
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- FL, GA