Tillandsia carrierei
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Tillandsia carrierei faces severe pressure from habitat destruction as Ecuador's cloud forests are cleared for agriculture and urban development. The species' extremely limited range makes it particularly vulnerable to localized disturbances, while climate change threatens to alter the moisture-dependent cloud forest conditions essential for its survival. Collection pressure for the horticultural trade has further reduced wild populations of this distinctive bromeliad.
Habitat
This epiphytic bromeliad inhabits the humid cloud forests of Ecuador's Andean slopes, typically growing on tree branches and trunks in the misty, moisture-rich environment between 1,500-2,500 meters elevation. It depends on the consistent fog and high humidity characteristic of these montane ecosystems.
Other threatened species in Bromeliaceae
Frequently asked questions
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