Brachyotum russatum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Brachyotum russatum faces significant pressure from agricultural expansion and cattle ranching activities that fragment and degrade its montane forest habitat. Mining operations in the Andean regions where this species occurs pose additional threats through habitat destruction and water contamination. Climate change compounds these pressures by altering precipitation patterns and temperature regimes in the high-altitude ecosystems this species depends upon.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and páramo ecosystems at elevations between 2,500-3,500 meters in the northern Andes. It typically grows in humid, moss-rich environments along forest edges and in clearings within these high-altitude tropical montane systems.
