Columnea elongatifolia
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Columnea elongatifolia faces significant pressure from deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its Central American range. The species' epiphytic lifestyle makes it particularly vulnerable to logging activities that remove its host trees, while agricultural expansion continues to reduce available forest habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the humid microclimatic conditions essential for this moisture-dependent plant's survival.
Habitat
This epiphytic plant inhabits humid montane cloud forests and wet tropical forests, typically growing on tree trunks and branches in the forest canopy. It requires consistently moist conditions and is found at elevations between 800-2000 meters in Central American mountain ranges.