Black Nicker (Caesalpinia monensis)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Fabaceae
State: PR
Nature Serve ID: 150466
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

arborescent shrub

Where is Black Nicker (Caesalpinia monensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

dry interior woodlands over limestone

States & Provinces:

Black Nicker can be found in Puerto Rico

Which CPC Partners conserve Black Nicker (Caesalpinia monensis)?

St. George Village Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

The only endemic of tree species of Mona Island, located just west of Puerto Rico.

01/01/2010

goats

01/01/2010

extant individuals/sites; uncommon, needs more survey Puerto Rico, Mona Island; numbers uncertain