Guzmania bergii
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Guzmania bergii faces severe pressure from deforestation and habitat conversion in its limited montane cloud forest range. The species' epiphytic lifestyle makes it particularly vulnerable to logging operations that remove its host trees, while agricultural expansion into higher elevations continues to fragment its already restricted habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes essential for cloud forest ecosystems.
Habitat
This bromeliad is endemic to montane cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama, typically growing as an epiphyte on trees at elevations between 1,200-2,400 meters. It thrives in the consistently humid conditions of these mist-shrouded forests, where it depends on atmospheric moisture and the forest canopy structure for survival.
