ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC.

Original name of the species in the project

Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC.

Family

Poaceae

Life form

T - Therophyte

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

I - Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

DD

IUCN Europe

DD

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

1

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

3 - Population size estimation

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

6 - Identify habitat suitability

8 - Identification of populations under threat

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

3 - Plant introduction (new population)

4 - Plant reintroduction (translocation)

10 - Habitat protection

12 - Divulgation actions (conservation dissemination to the public)

Type of material

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

Unknown

Source population(s)

3 or more different populations

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Recruited individuals

Seed collection for ex situ storage

Yes

No. of collected seeds

Unknown

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

No. of mother plants

Unknown

Ex situ storage conditions

Seeds stored in climate chambers

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

-20°C

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

15

Ex situ cultivation

Yes

No. of cultivated plants

>500

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Recruited individuals

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

www.life-bnip.be

References to outputs

Delescaille L.-M., Piqueray J., Godefroid S. 2011. Le statut du brome épais (Bromus grossus) en Région Wallonne. Adoxa 69/70: 1–14. https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/107653/1/Delescaille%20et%20al%20-%202011%20-%20Bromus%20grossus%20-%20Adoxa.pdf

Delescaille L.-M. 2017. Plan d'action 1882 - le brome épais (Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC.) SPW - Wallonie Environnement, LIFE BNIP, 17 pp., unpublished

Piqueray J., Gilliaux V., Gaillard T., Mahy G., Delescaille L.-M. 2018. Uncleaned crop seed sowing as a tool to conserve Bromus grossus and restore species rich arable dependent plant communities. Conservation Evidence 15: 26-31. https://www.conservationevidence.com/reference/pdf/6853

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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