Clinopodium calamintha (L.) Stace Lesser Calamint

Starting references Family Lamiaceae IUCN category (2001) Vulnerable Habit Short-lived perennial herb. Habitat Dry, S-facing banks and rough grassland on calcareous, sandy or gravelly soils; now largely confined to roadsides, railway banks, churchyards and waste ground. Reasons for decline Habitat destruction and changes in cutting regimes in its grassland habitats. Distribution in wild Country Locality & Vice County Sites Population (10km2 occurences) (plants) England Monmouthshire 3 Berkshire 3 Suffolk 4 W Norfolk 2 Cambridgeshire 4 Berkshire 4 Buckinghamshire 2 Hertfordshire 2 Essex 27 Kent 8 E Sussex 1

Ex situ Collections Gardens close to the region of distribution of the species 1 Roamer House 2 Cambridge University Botanic Garden 3 Mark Hall Arboretum 4 RHS Hyde Hall 5 Writtle College 6 Chelsea Physic Garden 7 London & Whipsnade Zoos 8 Bedgebury National Pinetum 9 Sissinghurst Castle Garden (NT) 10 Newhaven Botanic Garden 11 Sheffield Park 12 The Harris Garden 13 Windsor, The Savill & Valley Gardens 14 Akely Wood Farmhouse 15 Cliveden (NT) 16 University of Oxford Botanic Garden 17 Batsford Arboretum 18 Hidcote Manor Garden (NT) 19 Highgrove House 20 Westonbirt National Arboretum 21 Bristol Zoo Gardens 22 University of Bristol Botanic Garden Gardens with specialisation on family Lamiaceae None Potential to grow the species in ex situ Collections

Conservation information Linkages to BAPs A Local Biodiversity Action Plan For Conwy Berkshire County - A Framework For Biodiversity Action In Berkshire Bexley Biodiversity Action Plan Biodiversity Action Plan For The Royal Borough Of Windsor And Maidenhead Biodiversity Guide For Gwent: 2001-05 Bromley Local Bap Eastleigh Borough Biodiversity Action Plan Essex And Suffolk Water Biodiversity Action Plan Hampshire Biodiversity Partnership Havering Wildlife Partnership Herefordshire's Biodiversity Action Plan Leicester, Leicestershire And Rutland Lewisham Local Bap Monmouthshire Local Biodiversity Action Plan Richmondshire Bap Stroud District, Gloucestershire The National Forest Wokingham District Habitat Management Protected sites with records for Clinopodium calamintha are listed on http://www.searchnbn.net Conservation programmes Unknown

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