Persea conferta
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Persea conferta faces severe pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion throughout its limited range in Central American cloud forests. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while climate change threatens to shift the narrow altitudinal zones where these trees can survive. Selective logging for valuable timber and conversion of montane forests to coffee plantations have significantly reduced available habitat.
Habitat
Persea conferta inhabits humid montane cloud forests at elevations between 1,200-2,400 meters in Central America. These trees require the consistent moisture and cool temperatures characteristic of cloud forest ecosystems, growing in the understory and canopy of these specialized high-altitude environments.