Freziera cuatrecasasii
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Freziera cuatrecasasii faces significant pressure from ongoing deforestation and habitat conversion in Colombia's Andean cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, particularly cattle ranching and crop cultivation, continues to fragment its already limited montane forest habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes essential for cloud forest ecosystems where this endemic shrub depends on consistent fog and humidity patterns.
Habitat
This endemic Colombian shrub inhabits montane cloud forests in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes, typically occurring at elevations between 2,000-3,000 meters. It requires the consistently moist, fog-shrouded conditions characteristic of these high-altitude forest ecosystems.