ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Silene gallica L.

Original name of the species in the project

Silene gallica

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Life form

T - Therophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

GBR

Region

Area of action (km2)

N/A

Protected status of the action area (National)

None

Protected status of the action area (European)

None

Land property (public or private)

Private

Habitat classification

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

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

NE

IUCN Europe

NE

IUCN National

EN

Name of the project

Colour in the Margins

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2018

Duration (years)

3

Main Institution

National Trust

Category of main institution

NGO

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

0

Additional Institution - NGOs

1

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

National Lottery

Co-funding body

N/A

% of co-funding

N/A

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

N/A

Name of the funding programme

Heritage Lottery Fund

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

In-situ

Prior knowledge on species biology

Yes

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

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

10 - Removal of competing natural vegetation

11 - Removal of competing indigenous species

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

Conservation actions

3 - Plant introduction (new population)

Type of material

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

N/A

Source population(s)

Unknown

Monitoring duration

Up to 5 years

Monitoring variables

Population size

Seed collection for ex situ storage

N/A

No. of collected seeds

N/A

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

N/A

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

N/A

No. of cultivated plants

N/A

Success criteria defined

Unknown

Success criteria used

Unknown

Action success

Unknown

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Unknown

Website link

0

References to outputs

0

Notes

20,000 seeds sown in spring 2020 at 10 plots in several fields.

224 plants counted in summer 2020. Margins are not very species-rich.

1019 plants seen in summer 2021. The arable fields were cultivated in spring 2020 after having been grass for a long time.

Contributor

Becky Falkingham

Contributor - contact

becky.falkingham@nationaltrust.org.uk

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