Symplocos atlantica
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Symplocos atlantica faces severe pressure from deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its limited Atlantic Forest range. Urban expansion and agricultural conversion have eliminated much of its native cloud forest habitat, while remaining populations are increasingly isolated in small forest fragments. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes essential for this cloud forest specialist.
Habitat
This species is endemic to the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) of southeastern Brazil, where it inhabits montane cloud forests and humid forest edges at elevations between 800-1,500 meters. It requires the consistent moisture and fog characteristic of these high-altitude forest ecosystems.