ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.

Original name of the species in the project

Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.

Family

Asteraceae

Life form

H - Hemicryptophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

GBR

Region

Scotland - Corrie Gharblach

Area of action (km2)

0.01

Protected status of the action area (National)

SSSI (Site of special scientific interest)

Protected status of the action area (European)

None

Land property (public or private)

Private

Habitat classification

H - Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

NE

IUCN Europe

LC

IUCN National

VU

Name of the project

Genetic assessment of alpine blue-sowthistle in Scotland, genetic rescue and conservation translocation

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2016

Duration (years)

15

Main Institution

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)

Category of main institution

Governmental

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

1

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

4

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

Scottish government

Co-funding body

several

% of co-funding

N/A

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

50,000-74,999

Name of the funding programme

No name

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

Both

Prior knowledge on species biology

No

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

3 - Population size estimation

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

7 - Genetic studies

8 - Identification of populations under threat

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

3 - Plant introduction (new population)

11 - Fence construction

Type of material

Rhizomes

No. of transplantants per locality

360

Source population(s)

3 or more different populations

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Fruiting

Recruited individuals

Seed collection for ex situ storage

Yes

No. of collected seeds

3500

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

Whole plants

No. of mother plants

Seeds: 36, 5

Rootstock: 2 per population

Ex situ storage conditions

Plants grown and kept in nursery

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

N/A

Ex situ cultivation

Yes

No. of cultivated plants

>200

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

survival

flowering

fruiting

recruited individuals

Action success

Unknown

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Unknown

Website link

0

References to outputs

0

Notes

0

Contributor

Aline Finger

Contributor - contact

afinger@rbge.org.uk

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