Abies numidica – Critically Endangered (CR)

Abies numidica is a species from the family Pinaceae. Known as Algerian fir, it is endemic on Djebel Babor, the second-highest mountain (2,004 meters) in the Algerian Tell Atlas.
The species is an evergreen tree, reaching 20-35 m in height. Its trunk is with a diameter up to 1 m. The leaves are needle-like, moderately flattened. Their length is about 1.5–2.5 cm, their width is 2–3 mm and their thickness is 1 mm. They are glossy dark green with a usually pointed tip. The cones are glaucous green with a pink or violet color, maturing brown. Their length is 10–20 cm and they are about 4 cm broad. The cones disintegrate after reaching maturity and release two winged seeds.
Abies numidica grows in a high-altitude Mediterranean climate at 1,800–2,004 meters. The species occurs in humid montane mixed forests on north- and east-facing steep calcareous slopes.
Major threats for the species are fires, fuel-wood collection and grazing by herds of cattle and goats in the summer.

Encephalartos whitelockii – Critically Endangered (CR)

Encephalartos whitelockii is specie from the family Zamiaceae. This cycad is endemic to Uganda.
The large evergreen tree reaches 4 m height and has a diameter of 35-40 cm. The stem is crowned with stiff, dark green, glossy fronds, curving slightly backwards. The leaves are 310-410 cm long. Encephalartos whitelockii are reproductively divided to male and female plants, where pollination occurs through winds and insect activity. They differ by the produced cone. The male cones are at most five, narrowly ovoid. Their color is yellow and they reach a length of 50 cm with a diameter of 9 cm. Female cones are at most three, also ovoid. Their color is yellow or green with proportions of 45 cm length and 35 cm diameter.
This species is found in the Kabarole district, located in the southwest of Uganda. Encephalartos whitelockii are found along the Mpanga River, more precisely around the Mpanga River Falls at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,300 m asl. This species prefers sheer granite faces and rocky slopes, amongst tall grass in savanna. Also occurs in dense evergreen montane forests.
Major threats for the existence of Encephalartos whitelockii is the damages caused by plant and infrastructure construction near the endemic population habitat.