VUVulnerable
Columnea brenneri
Unknown
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Columnea brenneri faces significant pressure from deforestation and habitat conversion in its limited Costa Rican range. The species' epiphytic lifestyle makes it particularly vulnerable to logging activities that remove its host trees, while agricultural expansion continues to fragment the remaining cloud forest patches where it occurs.
Habitat
This epiphytic plant inhabits the cloud forests of Costa Rica's mountain ranges, growing on tree trunks and branches in the humid, mist-shrouded canopy environment. It requires the specific microclimate conditions found in these high-elevation tropical montane forests.