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Connie Barlow & the Torreya Guardians: Helping Plants Move North in Anthropocene Climate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_9SCSB5wfM Climate is warming too fast for large-seeded plant species to migrate north via the animal partners (e.g., squirrels) that have dependably dispersed seeds for millions of years. In July 2008, a group of citizen-naturalists (Torreya Guardians) legally acquired 31 seedlings of the most endangered conifer in the world — Torreya taxifolia (the "Florida Torreya") — and then planted the seedlings beneath wild forest canopy on two private properties in the mountains of North Carolina. In this richly illustrated, 75-minute videoblog, the founder of Torreya Guardians (Connie Barlow) reports in November 2013 on what they have learned thus far — and the frightening implications for how even common plants will soon require human assistance for keeping pace with human-caused climate change.
00:01 Helping the most endangered conifer move north — now 03:40 DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 06:02 Thomas Berry: Humans as a geological force 06:25 We are now in the Anthropocene epoch 07:14 N-S migrations during Pleistocene shifts in climate 08:03 A deep-time and wide-space perspective 09:38 History of "ASSISTED MIGRATION" controversy 11:03 Patrick Shirey 2013 confirms Torreya actions legal 11:53 "Rewilding" the endangered Torreya taxifolia tree 12:28 Torreya genus tracks climate for millions of years 13:16 Excerpts of Shirey et al paper 2013 (on legality) 13:58 Introducing the leaders of Torreya Guardians volunteers 14:56 Might Torreya take the place of dying Hemlock trees? 15:24 Site visits to sister species' habitats in California
18:05 "REWILDING" Torreya: poster plant for climate change 20:03 Hypothesis: Torreya left behind in peak glacial refuge? 22:44 Torreya is not invasive; it is "return of a native" 23:27 Shirey et al: why citizens can act faster than ESA
25:34 REPORT on 2013 seed harvest of Torreya in North Carolina 25:55 A.J. Bullard's role in protecting North Carolina Torreya 26:51 The Clinton NC tree: Photo-rich report of 2013 harvest 31:39 Squirrels as the crucial seed disperser for Torreya 37:26 Torreyas in Mt. Olive, NC (planted by A.J. Bullard) 41:05 Horticultural propagation of Torreya is not "rewilding" 43:40 Torreya can produce female and male on same tree
46:33 REPORT on 2013 seed distribution and planting of seeds 46:58 The mountainside Evans property, Waynesville NC 47:55 2008 historic plantings: Torreya "rewilding" (photos) 49:48 Testing Torreya's possible affinity for deciduous canopy 50:47 Barlow and Martin 2004 paper on assisted migration 52:08 Naturally preventing squirrels from eating seeds 57:03 Artificially preventing squirrels from eating seeds
59:23 The fastest growing tree from our 2008 NC plantings 01:00:10 Audubon Magazine reported on 2008 NC plantings 01:00:30 Recruiting new sites and ensuring genetic diversity 01:03:55 Dissection: Green v. ripe (purple) seeds harvested 01:07:32 Do not call this tree "Stinking Cedar" (common name) 01:10:17 Recruiting youth to become Torreya Guardians 01:13:09 SUMMARY of assisted migration in a changing climate
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