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Scientific Name | Erica sicifolia Salisb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/11 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | A rare, high altitude habitat specialist, known to occur at only four locations. Potentially threatened by alien pine invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, moist areas at the base of rocky outcrops. |
Threats |
| The population is not currently threatened, but large areas of the Riviersonderend Mountains are densely invaded by alien invasive pines, and if allowed to spread uncontrolled, could potentially affect this population. |
Population |
A rare high altitude habitat specialist.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Vrolijkheid (Riviersonderend) Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica sicifolia Salisb. | VU D2 | 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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. 2007. Erica sicifolia Salisb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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