Elaeocarpus fraseri
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Elaeocarpus fraseri faces significant pressure from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion and urban development across its limited range in eastern Australia. The species is particularly vulnerable to forest clearing for cattle grazing and residential development in coastal lowland areas. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered rainfall patterns affecting the moist forest conditions this species requires for successful reproduction.
Habitat
Elaeocarpus fraseri inhabits subtropical and warm temperate rainforests, typically in moist gullies and along creek lines in coastal and near-coastal areas. The species prefers well-drained soils in protected valleys and lower mountain slopes, often growing as an understory tree in mixed rainforest communities.
