ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Succisa pratensis Moench

Original name of the species in the project

Succisa pratensis Moench

Family

Caprifoliaceae

Life form

H - Hemicryptophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

GBR

Region

Area of action (km2)

6.47

Protected status of the action area (National)

None

Protected status of the action area (European)

None

Land property (public or private)

Both

Habitat classification

E - Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

NE

IUCN Europe

NE

IUCN National

LC

Name of the project

Succisa pratensis Growing Contract

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2018

Duration (years)

Ongoing

Main Institution

National Botanic Garden of Wales

Category of main institution

NGO

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

0

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

1

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Both

Funding institution

N/A

Co-funding body

0

% of co-funding

0

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

N/A

Name of the funding programme

N/A

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

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

16 - Expert opinion

Conservation actions

6 - Removal of competing natural vegetation

Type of material

Seeds

No. of transplantants per locality

10000

Source population(s)

3 or more different populations

Monitoring duration

Ongoing

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

Unknown

Ex situ storage conditions

Seeds stored in climate chambers

Plants kept in garden beds

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

Survival

Plants supporting marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Unknown

Website link

0

References to outputs

0

Notes

An ecological mitigation project for the A465 'Heads of the Valleys' road construction, aiming to protect the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia by providing its larval food plant.

Contributor

Will Ritchie

Contributor - contact

will.ritchie@gardenofwales.org.uk

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