Abies bracteata

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Abies bracteata

Species Authority:

(D. Don) D. Don ex Poit.

Common Name/s:

English

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Bristlecone Fir

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/conservation dependent ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	The species is now known to be more widespread in the Santa Lucia Mountains than originally thought.
Countries:	Native: United States (California)
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Habitat and Ecology:	Confined to mountain ridges.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Fire is a threat but the area is generally inaccessible to grazing animals.

Major Threat(s):

Fire is a threat but the area is generally inaccessible to grazing animals.

	Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998. Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Tibor, D. (compiler) 1998. Threatened tree information from the California Native Plant Society (unpublished).

Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998.

Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Tibor, D. (compiler) 1998. Threatened tree information from the California Native Plant Society (unpublished).

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Abies bracteata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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