Dossier
Torrey pine trees
Coverage of Torrey pine trees in the Nexus archive.
- This US island is home to flora found nowhere else. Now, a wildfire threatens extinction: ‘watching with trepidation’
A wildfire on Santa Rosa Island threatens the survival of its unique Torrey pine trees and six endemic plant species, with firefighters working to contain the blaze that has already burned a third of the island.