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Using Fevertree (Pinkneya Pubens) Range To Help Pinpoint Fort Caroline Location
Using Fevertree (Pinkneya Pubens) Range To Help Pinpoint Fort Caroline Location
Thus the fevertree is clearly the cinchona tree that the young Frenchman referred
to as living near Fort Caroline. But where does this plant grow?
According to a map produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the plant
primarily grows in Georgia along the coast and inland in a narrow band reaching to
the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida. According to this map there also appear to
be three small populations in inland Florida.
Sources
1 Bennett, Charles E. Laudonniere & Fort Caroline: History and Documents. (p.68)
2 Cinchona. Wikipedia.org. Accessed online 3 January 2017 at
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinchona>.
3 Georgia Bark. Colliers New Encyclopedia. Accessed online 3 January 2017 at
<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Collier%27s_New_Encyclopedia_(1921)/Georgia_
Bark>.
4 Pinckneya pubens. Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps from
Atlas of United States Trees by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications).
USGS.gov. Accessed 3 January 2017 at
<https://gec.cr.usgs.gov/data/little/pincpube.pdf>.
5 Pinckneya pubens, Michaux. (Georgia Bark.) The American Journal of Pharmacy.
April 1885. Accessed online 3 January 2017 at <http://www.henriettesherb.com/eclectic/journals/ajp/ajp1885/04-pinckneya.html>.