Tulipa gumusanica
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Tulipa gumusanica faces severe threats from agricultural expansion and overgrazing in its limited mountain habitat range in Turkey. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat degradation from livestock grazing and conversion of natural grasslands to cultivated fields. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the specific temperature and precipitation patterns required for this high-altitude endemic tulip's survival.
Habitat
Tulipa gumusanica inhabits montane grasslands and rocky slopes at high elevations in the mountains of Turkey. The species is adapted to specific soil conditions and seasonal temperature fluctuations characteristic of its alpine and subalpine environment.
