Sphyrospermum spruceanum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Sphyrospermum spruceanum faces severe threats from deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its limited Amazonian range. Mining activities and agricultural expansion have destroyed significant portions of its specialized cloud forest habitat, while climate change is shifting the altitudinal zones where this epiphytic species can survive. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized habitat destruction.
Habitat
This epiphytic shrub inhabits montane cloud forests and humid upper elevation forests of the Amazon basin, typically growing on tree branches and trunks in areas with persistent moisture and fog. It requires the specific microclimate conditions found in undisturbed primary forest canopies between 1,000-2,500 meters elevation.
