Anemone jamesonii
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Anemone jamesonii faces severe pressure from agricultural expansion and livestock grazing in its high-altitude Andean habitats. The species' restricted range makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while climate change threatens to shift suitable growing conditions beyond its current elevational limits. Mining activities and infrastructure development in the Ecuadorian páramo further reduce available habitat for this endemic buttercup.
Habitat
This endemic Ecuadorian species inhabits high-altitude páramo grasslands and alpine meadows between 3,000-4,200 meters elevation in the Andes. It grows in moist, well-drained soils among tussock grasses and cushion plants in these specialized montane ecosystems.