ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Gymnadenia nigra (L.) Rchb. f.

Original name of the species in the project

Gymnadenia nigra (L.) Rchb. f.

Family

Orchidaceae

Life form

G - Geophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

NOR

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.3

Protected status of the action area (National)

IV - Habitat/Species Management Area

Protected status of the action area (European)

None

Land property (public or private)

Public

Habitat classification

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

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

NE

IUCN Europe

LC

IUCN National

EN

Name of the project

Monitoring of Sølende nature reserve

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

1979

Duration (years)

ongoing

Main Institution

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Category of main institution

Academic

Additional Institution - Academic

0

Additional Institution - Governmental

0

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

National

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

Norwegian Environment Agency

Co-funding body

several

% of co-funding

N/A

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

N/A

Name of the funding programme

N/A

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

In-situ

Prior knowledge on species biology

No

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

3 - Population size estimation

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

6 - Removal of competing natural vegetation

Type of material

N/A

No. of transplantants per locality

N/A

Source population(s)

N/A

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Recruited individuals

Species composition

Seed collection for ex situ storage

No

No. of collected seeds

N/A

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

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

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

Moen A. & Øien D.-I. 2002. Ecology and survival of Nigritella nigra, a threatened orchid species in Scandinavia. Nordic Journal of Botany 22: 435- 461. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2002.tb01398.x

Notes

Norwegian grants for threatened species are annual, relatively small and with few obligations to evaluate and report outcome.

Contributor

Marianne Evju

Contributor - contact

marianne.evju@nina.no

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