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in Starhill Forest Arboretum Illinois College, Petersburg IL
UPDATE via Wayback Machine: "The arboretum now comprises an even 50 acres with seven buildings, three ponds, numerous trail structures, and thousands of trees representing many hundreds of species. • (via Wayback Machine): Starhill Forest Arboretum homepage. Menard County description includes: Visitors are welcome by appointment. Whether you would like to wander the peaceful woodland trails on your own or schedule a guided tour, contact the Arboretum at 217-632-3685 or via email to plan your visit. See Starhill Forest's website for more details. "Agreement ensures future of Starhill Forest Arboretum" WIKIPEDIA page: Starhill Forest Arboretum
WIKIPEDIA page: Guy Sternberg
• Sept 14, 2024 - from Guy Sternberg to Connie Barlow at Torreya Guardians: The first 6 torryas planted here are now between 5' and 8' feet tall, with no sign of flowering or dieback yet (we are mid-5 old-zone here). [Five of them were planted from potted seedlings in 2015 and the sixth in 2019.] They are in protected understory, scattered on a graduated slope from just above creek floodbank level running up about 30 feet vertically. The varied elevation seems to have had no effect on growth or survival.• Correspondence between Guy Sternberg and Missouri Botanical Garden later in September was forwarded to Connie Barlow. These included information of the Garden's 2016 acquisition of seeds from Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG). Rebecca Sucher of Missouri Botanical Garden reported to Guy: Grown at ABG Gainesville nursery from seeds that were from Tree #2 at the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center, an ex situ seed orchard managed by UGA in cooperation with ABG since 2000 or so. The GMREC seed orchard trees came from Arnold Arboretum in the 90's as part of the CPC distribution of seeds from Arnold. Search of Arnold database shows most of their Torreya accessions were received as wild cuttings, so assuming seeds of those garden-grown cuttings were what was distributed, this accession is technically cultivated origin. Seeds collected from GMREC on 10/06/2016.• October 8, 2024 - from Guy Sternberg to Connie Barlow at Torreya Guardians: I had forgotten that I took many additional ones donated by MoBot over to Illinois College. Feel free to contact Dr. Zettler if you need more info. He maintains a teaching/research collection behind his own home, safe from grounds maintenance staff who don't always know what to do or not, but one was established on campus as well as you can see from his response. He grew up in Florida so he has a special fondness for these and is a good steward.• October 8, 2024 - from Dr. Larry Zettler of Illinois College to Guy Sternberg: Good morning, Guy. I think I have 7 Torreyas in my yard that are doing very well, and one at IC that has not yet been killed or trimmed (which I continue to protect). It seems to have been hindered earlier this year by herbicide application, but I reminded our grounds to keep chemicals clear.
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