Calamagrostis hillebrandii
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
LILIOPSIDA |
CYPERALES |
GRAMINEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Calamagrostis hillebrandii |
| Species Authority: |
(G.Munro ex Hillebr.) Hitchc. |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Endangered
C2a(i)
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2003 |
| Assessor/s: |
Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Maunder, M. (Plant Conservation Committee) & Pollock, C.M. (Red List Programme Office) |
Justification:
Calamagrostis hillebrandii is endemic to the island of Maui, Hawaii. It was also recorded from Molokai in 1922, but that report remains unconfirmed. It is known from two subpopulations, totaling around 500 individuals. The species is threatened by feral pigs and invasive alien plants.
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Open montane bogs in the cloud zone.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
The species is threatened by feral pigs and invasive alien plants.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
Listed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a candidate species.
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Bibliography
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IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
NatureServe. 2003. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 1.8. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. (Accessed: October 20, 2003).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Rare plant database. Unpublished.
Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer S. 1999. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1-1918.
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