Alternative Text Description for Florida Torreya (Endangered)

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MAP OVERVIEW

This map displays the endangered habitat range of the Florida Torreya species across the southeastern United States. The map shows a highly localized distribution pattern for this endangered species, with shaded polygonal areas indicating where the Florida Torreya is known to occur according to United States Fish and Wildlife Service boundaries. The visualization emphasizes the limited geographic extent of this species' habitat, highlighting its conservation status as endangered.

GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

The map covers portions of the southeastern United States, including all of Florida and portions of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Major cities labeled on the map include Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Cape Coral, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Port St. Lucie in Florida, as well as Savannah and Charleston along the Atlantic coast, Columbia in South Carolina, Greenville in North Carolina, Athens, Macon, Warner Robins, Augusta, Albany, and Valdosta in Georgia, and Tallahassee near the Florida-Georgia border. The Atlantic Ocean appears along the eastern edge of the map, and the Gulf of America is indicated by the western coastal area of Florida. The map extends from northern Georgia and the Carolinas southward through the entire Florida peninsula.

KEY INSIGHTS

The Florida Torreya habitat shows an extremely restricted distribution pattern, appearing in only a small area in the northwestern portion of the mapped region near the Florida-Georgia border. The species' range is concentrated in a localized zone rather than distributed widely across the southeastern states. This highly constrained geographic presence underscores the endangered status of the Florida Torreya, demonstrating that the species occupies only a very small fraction of the total area shown on the map. No other significant concentrations or secondary populations are visible elsewhere in the mapped region.

VISUAL ELEMENTS

Florida Torreya (Endangered) Habitat

This layer represents the polygonal boundaries of habitat areas where the Florida Torreya species occurs, as designated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Endangered Habitat Area (light pink shaded polygons with diagonal hatching)

Appearance:

The habitat is shown as light pink or rose-colored areas with diagonal line hatching patterns, creating a distinctive textured appearance that distinguishes the endangered species habitat from the base map.

Distribution:

The Florida Torreya habitat appears in a very small, concentrated area in the region near the Florida-Georgia border, situated between Tallahassee to the south and the Georgia cities to the north.

Notable locations:

The habitat occurs in the Apalachicola River region of the Florida Panhandle and adjacent southwestern Georgia, representing one of the most geographically restricted endangered species ranges shown on the map.

Spatial patterns:

The habitat exhibits a tightly clustered pattern with no satellite populations visible elsewhere on the map. The distribution is linear to irregular in shape, following natural geographic features in the limited area where the species occurs. There is no spatial relationship with other habitat areas since no other Florida Torreya populations are shown beyond this single concentration.

Overlapping Patterns

No overlapping patterns are visible as only a single species layer is displayed on this map.

SYMBOL GUIDE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This map focuses exclusively on the Florida Torreya endangered species habitat and does not display other species or ecological layers. The map's purpose is to communicate the geographic distribution of this particular endangered species for conservation planning and management purposes. The highly restricted range visible on this map illustrates why the Florida Torreya is classified as endangered, with habitat limited to a very small geographic area. Users should note that this map shows species boundaries as understood by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and represents the known extent of the species' occurrence within the state of Florida and immediately adjacent areas.

DATA CONTEXT

Data Source:

The data comes from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and contains polygonal boundaries for species as understood by the agency for the State of Florida. The dataset represents officially recognized habitat boundaries for endangered and threatened species.

Source layer: CR_USFWS_POLY_JUL25

Definition Query:

This map displays a filtered subset of the source data showing only records where COMNAME = 'FLORIDA TORREYA'. This filtering criterion isolates the habitat boundaries for the Florida Torreya species from the larger dataset that contains multiple species boundaries.

Scale Information:

The map shows a regional view spanning multiple states across the southeastern United States, providing context for understanding the limited distribution of the Florida Torreya within this broader geographic area. This scale is appropriate for understanding the species' overall range and conservation status.

Coordinate System:

NAD_1983_HARN_Florida_GDL_Albers (WKID 3087)

Time Period of Content:

The data source layer name indicates a July 2025 reference (JUL25), suggesting the boundaries reflect the species understanding as of that time period.

Limitations:

The map shows species boundaries as understood by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and may not reflect the most current scientific understanding or recent habitat changes. The boundaries represent known occurrences and may not include all suitable habitat or account for seasonal variations in species presence. Data gaps may exist in areas that have not been recently surveyed.

Map Coverage:

The map covers the entire state of Florida and portions of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to areas west of the Florida Panhandle, and from southern Florida northward through the coastal Carolinas. This broad coverage area provides geographic context for the highly localized Florida Torreya habitat.

The alternative text description of this map was AI-generated and may contain inaccuracies.