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Scientific Name | Erica inconstans Zahlbr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Common Names | Outeniqua Tree Erica (e), Uitenhage Tree Heath (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/03 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok, D. Raimondo, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 884 km², plants at between six and 10 locations continue to decline due to competition from unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Damp, upper south-facing slopes above forests. |
Threats |
| About 23% of this species' habitat has been transformed to forestry plantations. Although plantations have been cleared in some areas, these sites remain densely infested with alien invasive pines. Elsewhere on the southern slopes of both the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains, unmanaged, dense infestations of alien invasive plants continue to spread. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica inconstans Zahlbr. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Schumann, D., Kirsten, G. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1992. Ericas of South Africa. Fernwood Press, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H., Raimondo, D., Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica inconstans Zahlbr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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