Picea brachytyla

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Picea brachytyla

Species Authority:

(Franch.) E.Pritz.

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Picea brachytyla var. complanata

Common Name/s:

English

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Sargent's Spruce

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	A widespread species.
Countries:	Native: China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet [or Xizang], Yunnan)
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Population:	Population declines are not documented but are believed to be considerable.

Population:

Population declines are not documented but are believed to be considerable.

Habitat and Ecology:	This tree species is valued highly for its timber. It occurs in montane coniferous forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Coniferous forest is experiencing increasing rates of logging and deforestation throughout the range of this species.

Major Threat(s):

Coniferous forest is experiencing increasing rates of logging and deforestation throughout the range of this species.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Picea brachytyla. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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