ghostsofevolution's video: Florida Torreya in Michigan Survives -45 Degree F Windchill Part 1 of 2

First Torreya Guardians video of PAUL CAMIRE's in-forest plantings of potted seedlings and also seeds from the 2016 fall harvest in Medford Oregon. His 50-acre regrowth forest/woodlot is surrounded by farm fields in the thumb of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, near the town of Capac. Florida Torreya has been documented surviving (with little or no damage) subzero temperatures before (and in other states). But this is by far the worst condition: -45 degrees F windchill during Winter 2019. And yet none of the existing evergreen leaves and overwintering vegetative buds appeared to be damaged in any way. Connie Barlow visited 24 June 2019. This 2-part video series of that visit includes inserts of video footage Connie captured at the same site 9 months earlier: 27 September 2018. The last half of the video features a species-by-species look at the kinds of trees growing in Paul's forest, which is entirely deciduous and full canopy. A tally of plants as indicator species where Torreya grows well will help us discern best habitats for further plantings (assisted migration) of Florida Torreya (a glacial relict) northward in this fast-warming climate. Click on blue timecodes for direct access to each topic: 00:25 Pictures & details on the tall seedling ( ) unharmed by -45 F 02:13 Snow did not protect leaves and buds, yet new growth is vibrant 02:22 Map of Michigan, its plant zones, and locale of Capac 02:30 Close-up of the same torreya with growth details 04:31 Cold survival, with story (and photos) of Cleveland OH torreyas 05:18 Seedling : severe herbivory by deer, but excellent regrowth 07:29 Seedling : ash treefall, sudden sunlight bleached the leaves; regrowth 10:01 Insert of Cox Garden Torreya (n. Georgia) that lost leaves 10:46 Seedling : new growth recovery from two episodes severe herbivory 12:20 Winter-hungry deer will browse even the sharp, hardened needles 13:08 Seedling : Video from 9 months earlier, Sept 2018 13:28 View upward, fully deciduous canopy; intro to tour of tree species 14:33 List of tree species we visit in final half of this Part 1 video 14:52 Colony of wild American Ginger, with close-up of its flowers 15:57 Red Oak and a single trillium that escaped deer herbivory 16:40 American Beech (several mature trees; no scale insect damage yet) 17:24 Beech resprouting from basal shoots; repetitive browsing 18:08 Pignut Hickory, Witch Hazel, 18:51 Swamp White Oak, Basswood, Elm 20:10 View of the small, muddy swamp: Red Maple and Swamp White Oak 20:49 Zoom in on a resting fawn, within safety of the swamp 21:03 More views of the swamp, with standing water and sedges 22:00 A giant Swamp White Oak, with red trilliums caged alongside 23:01 White Oak on higher ground, with white trilliums caged alongside 23:33 Basswood at forest edge on eastern side of woodlot 24:40 Shagbark Hickory, on elevated "tip-up" mound 25:15 Multi-stemmed Sugar Maple ("coppiced" from original cut stem) 25:58 Paul's hypothesis: Botanists saw coppiced torreyas, not wild form 26:41 Paul's online historical research of older ex-situ torreya plantings See early botanical Torreya writings: http://www.torreyaguardians.org/torreya.html 27:14 American Chestnut seedlings: offspring of purebred survivors, not cross-bred 30:23 Continue to Video 32b, Part 2 of 2: https://youtu.be/H840FINJKkc Complete list of Torreya Guardians videos on youtube: http://www.torreyaguardians.org/video.html Complete information (including state-by-state planting reports) here: http://www.torreyaguardians.org/