Hairy Wikstroemia (Wikstroemia villosa)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Thymelaeaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 157814
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

This shrub features small yellow flowers in its inflorescence, branching off its smooth stems. It can grow up to 15 m tall in its native range. Ecological threats include competition with alien plant species and habitat degradation by neighboring animal species.

Where is Hairy Wikstroemia (Wikstroemia villosa) located in the wild?

Habitat:

This 'akia species is commonly found in moist montane forest habitats. Unfortunately, this habitat has been converted into pasture for livestock owned throughout the area.

Distribution:

Endemic to the island of Maui, these species is known from one occurrence on the east side of the island in 2010.

States & Provinces:

Hairy Wikstroemia can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Hairy Wikstroemia (Wikstroemia villosa)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

01/01/2010

possibly extinct