ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Luronium natans (L.) Raf.

Original name of the species in the project

Luronium natans (L.) Raf.

Family

Alismataceae

Life form

Hydrophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

BEL

Region

Area of action (km2)

10000

Protected status of the action area (National)

IV - Habitat/Species Management Area

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

Land property (public or private)

Public

Habitat classification

C - Inland surface waters

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

LC

IUCN Europe

LC

IUCN National

CR

Name of the project

LIFE14 IPE/BE/000002 Belgian Nature Intergrated Project - BNIP

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2015

Duration (years)

7

Main Institution

SPW Agriculture, Ressources naturelles et Environnement - SPW-ARNE

Category of main institution

Governmental

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

0

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

European Union

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

European Union

Co-funding body

several

% of co-funding

40

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

29 529 680

Name of the funding programme

LIFE programme

Type of the action (In-situ or ex-situ)

Both

Prior knowledge on species biology

Yes

Preliminary conservation action(s) implemented by the same project or some other researchers

2 - Determining species distribution

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

6 - Identify habitat suitability

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

Conservation actions

3 - Plant introduction (new population)

4 - Plant reintroduction (translocation)

5 - Plant reinforcement

Type of material

Juveniles

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

Unknown

Source population(s)

1 different population

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Recruited individuals

Seed collection for ex situ storage

No

No. of collected seeds

N/A

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

No. of mother plants

N/A

Ex situ storage conditions

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

N/A

Ex situ cultivation

Yes

No. of cultivated plants

>500

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Survival

Flowering

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

www.life-bnip.be

References to outputs

Delescaille L.-M. 2017. Plan d'action 1831 - le flûteau nageant (Luronium natans (L.) Raf.) SPW - Wallonie Environnement, LIFE BNIP, 23 pp., unpublished

Notes

Partially financed by LIFE BNIP project but the budget dedicated to plant reintroductions has not been evaluated so far.

Contributor

Louis-Marie Delescaille

Contributor - contact

louismarie.delescaille@spw.wallonie.be

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