Freziera rufescens
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Freziera rufescens faces severe pressure from ongoing deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its limited Andean cloud forest range. Agricultural expansion, particularly cattle ranching and crop cultivation, continues to reduce and isolate remaining forest patches. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the specific temperature and humidity conditions required by this cloud forest specialist.
Habitat
This species is endemic to montane cloud forests of the tropical Andes, typically occurring at elevations between 1,500-2,800 meters. It requires the persistent fog and high humidity characteristic of these ecosystems, growing in the understory and forest edges of primary and well-developed secondary forests.
