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Scientific Name | Erica columnaris E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/22 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | An extremely localized species, known from the type locality, and although there are at least 2 000 plants, it only occurs within an area of <1 km². Potentially threatened by encroachment from invasive alien pines on the middle and lower slopes of Pilaarkop. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains, Pilaarkop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | South-facing, damp, peaty hollows and steep upper slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by unmanaged invasive alien pines spreading from the lower slopes into this species' habitat. |
Population |
This species is known from only one subpopulation, where it forms dense stands in loamy open slopes away from rocks (Oliver and Oliver 2000).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica columnaris E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2000. Ericaceae. Two new species of Erica from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 30(1):49-53.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Oliver, E.G.H., Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica columnaris E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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