ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Salix myrsinites L.

Original name of the species in the project

Salix myrsinites L.

Family

Salicaceae

Life form

NP - Nanophanerophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

GBR

Region

Scotland - Corrie Gharblach

Area of action (km2)

0.01

Protected status of the action area (National)

II - National Park

Protected status of the action area (European)

None

Land property (public or private)

Private

Habitat classification

G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land

Priority habitat

Yes

IUCN Global

NE

IUCN Europe

NE

IUCN National

EN

Name of the project

Conservation translocations of Salix myrsinites in Scotland

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2012

Duration (years)

10

Main Institution

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)

Category of main institution

Governmental

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

1

Additional Institution - NGOs

2

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

Scottish government

Co-funding body

0

% of co-funding

0

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

< 10,000

Name of the funding programme

No name

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

6 - Identify habitat suitability

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

Conservation actions

3 - Plant introduction (new population)

Type of material

Cuttings

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

937

Source population(s)

1 different population

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Fruiting

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

4

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

1000

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

survival

flowering

fruiting

recruited individuals

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Yes

Website link

0

References to outputs

0

Notes

0

Contributor

Aline Finger

Contributor - contact

afinger@rbge.org.uk

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