Juglans jamaicensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA JUGLANDALES JUGLANDACEAE

Scientific Name: Juglans jamaicensis
Species Authority: C. DC.
Common Name/s:
English Walnut, West Indian Walnut
Spanish Palo De Nuez

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A1c, B1+2c   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Occurs on all islands of the Greater Antilles except for Jamaica, where it was reported once but probably in error. In Puerto Rico, ten trees exist in La Silla de Calderon at 1,000 m. It is similarly uncommon on Cuba and Hispaniola but may be recorded under the name J. insularis.
Countries:
Native:
Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Puerto Rico

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A large tree occurring in wet montane forest.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The wet montane forest habitat has been extensively destroyed and degraded.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Juglans jamaicensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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