to Waynesville, North Carolina, 31 July 2008
21 potted seedlings to private property (Sara Evans) at 3,400 feet of south-facing mountain slope
supplement to photo-essay by Connie Barlow
Note: In photos below, wherever you see an outstretched hand with palm flat toward the ground, look for the seedling directly beneath it.
 "Johnny Appleseed" (#11), shown by Michael Dowd |
 "John Muir" (#12), shown by Michael Dowd |
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 "Thomas Jefferson" (#13), shown by Michael Dowd |
 "Paul S. Martin" (#14), shown by Michael Dowd |
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 "Mardy Murie" (#15), shown by Michael Dowd |
 "Ed Abbey" (#16), shown by Don Hooker |
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 "Stewart Udall" (#17), shown by Michael Dowd |
 "Bill Mollison" (#18), shown by Michael Dowd |
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 "Julia Butterfly Hill" (#19), shown by Michael Dowd |
 "John James Audubon" (#20), shown by Michael Dowd |
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 "Charles Darwin" (#21), shown by Michael Dowd |
 "Joanna Macy" (#22), shown by Michael Dowd |
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 "Loren Eiseley" (#23), shown by Russell Regnery |
 "Julian Huxley" (#24), shown by Connie Barlow |
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 "Kokopelli" (#25), shown by Russell Regnery |
 "David Brower" (#26), by Russell Regnery, Jack Johnston |
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 "Annie Dillard" (#27), shown by Russell Regnery |
 "Bob Zahner" (#28), shown by Russell Regnery |
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 "Thomas Berry" OR "Wendell Berry (#29) |
 "Maxilla Evans" (#30), with Russ, Jack, Linda |
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 "Maxilla Evans" (#30), close-up with Russ |
 "Celia Hunter" (#31), shown by Connie Barlow |
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NOTE ON GENETICS OF SEEDLINGS:
Seedlings No. 11 through 30 were purchased from Woodlanders Nursery in Aiken, South Carolina. The nursery owners wrote, "I believe all of the Torreya we have propagated and distributed in recent years (including the ones you refer to) were seedlings from plants here in Aiken. Years ago on a nearby estate we planted two female trees and a male. The females were cutting-grown from the famous old Torreya in Norlina, NC and the male was cutting grown from a specimen at the Henry Foundation in Gladwynne, PA."Seedling No. 31, "Celia," was donated by Atlanta Botanical Garden. It grew from one of many seeds produced by the Garden's "potted orchard," which was grown from branchlets harvested in 1991 from living original, wild trees in the Apalachicola pocket reserve. The branchlets were cloned, so this particular seedling represents the first generation of captive produced seeds from the original wild genotypes.
LEFT: Several Torreya seedlings planted to left of people. Seeping bare cliff face in background.
Lee Barnes returns to Evans Property site
November 2008. Here, by seedling "Loren Eiseley"
he holds up a photo he took 20 years ago of the
biggest Torreya taxifolia tree: a female in
Norlina, NC. She is "Mom" to all but one
(all but "Celia") of the 31 seedlings that
were planted in NC July 2008, because the 2 female
trees that parented these seedlings were nurtured from
cuttings of the Norlina tree, pollinated by a male
grown from a cutting taking at the Henry Foundation
in Gladwynne, PA.
PHOTOS OF EVANS SITE NOVEMBER 2008 (easier to view overall forest and slope):
MIDDLE: View downhill from "Celia Hunter" Torreya seedling in foreground (seeping bare cliff wall at back right)
RIGHT: View upslope from "Celia Hunter" (marked by yellow arrow).
NOTE: Even though this site is a CLOSED CANOPY, and thus very shady in the summer, it is entirely deciduous. We expect the canopy to protect the Torreyas from intense summer sun and drought on this south-facing mountainside. Primary growth will take place in autumn after leaf fall (as above) and in early spring.
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Access DETAILED DESCRIPTIVE AND PHOTO RECORDS of the progress of each tree:
11. Johnny Appleseed
12. John Muir
13. Thomas Jefferson dead, as of January 2010
14. Paul S. Martin
15. Mardy Murie
16. Ed Abbey
17. Stewart Udall
18. Bill Mollison
19. Julia Butterfly Hill
20. John James Audubon
21. Charles Darwin
22. Joanna Macy
23. Loren Eiseley
24. Julian Huxley
25. Kokopelli
26. David Brower
27. Annie Dillard
28. Bob Zahner
29. Thomas Berry
30. Maxilla Everett Evans
31. Celia Hunter
