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Scientific Name | Erica humidicola E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO and AOO <0.5 km², one subpopulation of less than 250 mature individuals known. Declined in the past due to construction of a jeep track through the population, and there is a potential threat from erosion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy seeps and seepage areas adjacent to a non-perennial mountain streams, on southwest-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| The only known population has a 4x4 track running right through it, which undoubtedly has caused the loss of mature individuals in this extremely small population. As the track is still used, continued erosion of the area is likely to cause further decline. It is also a single-stemmed reseeder and therefore vulnerable to too frequent fire. |
Population |
This species is very restricted in its distribution being known from only two small seepage areas in a single kloof. In both there are few plants, perhaps only several dozen in each (Oliver and Oliver 2000). In one of the seeps, about 50 plants were recorded in 1998 (Johns and Turner, pers. obs.).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica humidicola E.G.H.Oliv. | CR D | 2012.1 | | Erica humidicola E.G.H.Oliv. | CR D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2000. Three new species of Erica (Ericaceae) from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 30(2):147-153.
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2005. The genus Erica (Ericaceae) in southern Africa: taxonomic notes 2. Bothalia 35(2):121-148.
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 humidicola E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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