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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Close up Styrax portoricensis leaves and flowers.
Styrax portoricensis. Photo by Centro de Medios Independientes de Puerto Rico.

Styrax portoricensis range map.
Styrax portoricensis range map.

Styrax portoricensis, palo de jazmin

Palo de jazmin is an evergreen tree only known from one individual growing in the palo colorado forest of the Luquillo Mountains.

ESA Status

Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.

Threats

  • Forest management practices such as establishment and maintenance of plantations, and selective cutting
  • Trail maintenance
  • Collection
  • Hurricanes

Conservation Status

National Forest and Grassland Occurrence

More Information

U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program

1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/styrax_portoricensis/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:47 EDT