St. Thomas Prickly-Ash (Zanthoxylum thomasianum) Recovery Plan

摘要

The primary objective of this recovery plan is to provide guidance for reversing the decline of Zanthoxylum thomasianum and restoring the species to a stable, secure, and self-sustaning condition, thereby permitting its reclassification from endangered to threatened status. Reclssification would be considered when (1) at least two separate, self-sustaining populations have been established in units of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth Forest System, and (2) in the Virgin Islands, a self-sustaining population is established in the Virgin Islands National Park (St. John), and a significant proportion of the Flag Hill population on St. Thomas is protected through redesignation of lands to protected status.