Forest of Nut-bearing torreya near Nogudan House, Haenam

Basic information

Designation

Natural Monument No.241

Category

동식물

Designated year

1972

Location

해남군, 전라남도— 전남 해남군 해남읍 녹우당길 135 (연동리)

Coordinates

34.550773, 126.627694

Nut-bearing torreya trees are found in Japan and in the southern part from Naejangsan Mountain in Korea. Because of its beautiful shape, it is planted often nearby, and its seeds are used as medicinal material or oil. The forest of Nut-bearing torreya trees in Yeondong-ri is located behind the mountain where the ancient shrine of the family of Haenam-born Yoon is. These trees are assumed to be about 530 years old. Legend has it that an ancestor of Yoon left a dying teaching that the village will become poor when the rocks of the mountain behind the village are exposed. Thus, descendants have preserved the forest with great effort, and the forest was able to keep its shape intact. The forest of Nut-bearing torreya trees in Yeondong-ri is designated and conserved as a Natural Monument because of its great value for scientific research.

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