Genista ferox LC Taxonomic Authority: Poir.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region

Upper Level Taxonomy Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: FABALES Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name:  Plant Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:

General Information Distribution Genista ferox is found in Algeria, Sardina, Morocco and Tunisia.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 500  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit: 0  Antarctic Map Status: Depth  Australasian Upper limit:  Neotropical Lower limit:  Oceanian Depth Zones  Palearctic  Shallow photic  Bathyl  Hadal  Indomalayan  Photic  Abyssal  Nearctic Population There is currently no data available relating to the population size of this taxon.

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology This taxon has been collected from Mediterranean type forests, woodland, bushland and thicket.

System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative  Terrestrial  Freshwater  Nomadic  Congregatory/Dispersive  Is the species a wild relative of a crop?  Marine  Migratory  Altitudinally migrant

Growth From Definition Shrub - size unkno Perennial shrub (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte if >1m or a Chamaephyte if <1m Growth From Definition

Threats This taxon's known habitat is known to be under pressure from anthropogenic activities that include grazing and crop cultivation, urban expansion and the development of tourism infrastructure. This threats are general to the habitat and G. ferox is not considered to be specifically threatened or in decline at present.

Past Present Future 13 None    Conservation Measures There are a number of protected areas within the species range and seeds have been collected and stored by the Millennium Seed Bank Project as a method of ex situ conservation.

In Place Needed 3 Research actions   3.2 Population numbers and range   3.3 Biology and Ecology   3.4 Habitat status   3.5 Threats   3.6 Uses and harvest levels   3.7 Cultural relevance   3.8 Conservation measures   3.9 Trends/Monitoring   4 Habitat and site-based actions   4.4 Protected areas   5 Species-based actions   5.7 Ex situ conservation actions  

Countries of Occurrence

PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly Extinct Presence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Algeria             Italy             Sardinia             Morocco             Tunisia            

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1 Suitable Unset 1.4 Forest - Temperate 1 Suitable Unset 3 Shrubland 1 Suitable Unset 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 1 Suitable Unset 4 Grassland 1 Suitable Unset 4.4 Grassland - Temperate 1 Suitable Unset Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 13. Pets/display animals, horticulture   

Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed

IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment: (using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC)

Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct?  Possibly Extinct Candidate?  Rationale for the Red List Assessment G. ferox has a relatively large geographical distribution that far exceeds 20,000 km2. The taxon is known to occur within the protected areas network and not believe to be subject to any major threatening processess at present. This taxon is thus ratedas Least Concern. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:  Genuine Change  Nongenuine Change  No Change  Genuine (recent)  New information  Taxonomy  Same category  Genuine (since first assessment)  Knowledge of Criteria  Criteria Revisio and criteria  Incorrect data used  Other  Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 14/09/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Groom, A. Evaluator(s): Notes:

% population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:

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