Picea likiangensis var. rubescens | Threatened Conifers of the World (en-GB)

Pinaceae

Picea likiangensis var. rubescens Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Distributed in western China and Tibet where logging is the main threat and grazing is affecting succesful regeneration

Habitat and Ecology

A subalpine spruce that occurs with many other conifers.

Conservation Status

Global status

Vulnersable A2cd

Global rationale

In the absence of accurate range data, this taxon is listed as Vulnerable under criterion A2cd, based on an inferred reduction of >30 % over the past three generations (75 years) due to the impacts of logging and reduced regeneration.

Global threats

The reduction caused by logging in the past has left many mountain slopes formerly covered in forest open to grazing by cattle, reducing the possibilities of forest regeneration

Conservation Actions

The Government of China has recently imposed a logging ban in western China.

References and further reading

Farjon, A. (2010). A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden.
Farjon, A. & Christian, T. (2013). Picea likiangensis var. rubescens. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 July 2013.