Zygophyllum bucharicum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Zygophyllum bucharicum faces severe threats from agricultural expansion and intensive grazing in its limited Central Asian range. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat conversion, while overgrazing by livestock degrades the specialized desert plant communities it depends upon. Climate change poses an additional threat through increased aridity and altered precipitation patterns in its already marginal desert habitat.
Habitat
This critically endangered shrub inhabits arid desert and semi-desert regions of Central Asia, typically growing in sandy and saline soils. It occurs in specialized desert plant communities adapted to extreme aridity and high salinity levels.
