Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Sintenis' holly (Ilex sintenisii)Little, Elbert L., Frank Wadsworth, Roy Woodbury. 1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 2nd volume, FS USDA Handbook 449.
Ilex sintenisii range map.
Ilex sintenisii, Sintenis’ holly
ESA Status
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- Listed Endangered 1992
- Recovery Plan 1995 (PDF, 2.5 MB)
Threats
- Forest management practices such as construction of forest public facilities, trail maintenance, and establishment and maintenance of plantations
- Hurricane damage
- Destruction of the dwarf forest occurring on the mountain tops of Pico, del Este, for the construction and/or expansion of communication facilities by the U.S. Navy and other, private entities
- Vandalism and over-collection