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Scientific Name | Erica intricata H.A.Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/06 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver & R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO 195 km², restricted to a habitat that is generally easily invaded by alien Hakea spp., but the particular areas where this species grows have not yet been invaded. Potentially threatened by alien invasion and a deleterious fire regime. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Du Toit's Kloof and Hex River Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos, seepage areas on shale bands in mountains. |
Threats |
| Ongoing alien invasive plant clearing is needed to prevent native plants being outcompeted. Shale bands within the Du Toit's Kloof range are particularly badly invaded by alien hakea and pine species. This species is also potentially threatened by too frequent fire: Du Toit's Kloof Mountains and the Matroosberg have burnt twice within 10 years. |
Population |
A rare and localized habitat specialist.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Limietberg (Hawekwa) Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica intricata H.A.Baker | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica intricata H.A.Baker | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica intricata H.A.Baker | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2007. Erica intricata H.A.Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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