Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Ternstroemia subsessilis fruiting twig and a twig with buds. Little, Elbert L., Frank Wadsworth, Roy Woodbury. 1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 2nd volume, FS USDA Handbook 449.
Ternstroemia subsessilis range map.
Ternstroemia subsessilis, el yunque colorado
ESA Status
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- Listed Endangered 1992
- Recovery Plan 1995 (PDF, 2.5 MB)
Threats
- Forest management practices such as establishment and maintenance of plantations, and selective cutting
- Trail maintenance
- Construction of roads and communication facilities
- Collection
- Hurricanes