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Scientific Name | Erica squarrosa Salisb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/11 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A rare species, EOO 500 km², with only four known locations. Potentially threatened by alien pine invasions at all locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hottentots Holland Mountains and Groenlandberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocks and rock pavement on mountain summits and slopes. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by invasive pines in the Hottentots Holland Mountains and the Groenlandberge. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica squarrosa 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. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Erica squarrosa Salisb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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