Kristina Bjureke Ex situ conservation and reinforcement work at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway
Why? Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
Target 8: At least 75 % of threatened plant species in ex situ collections, preferably in the country of origin, and at least 20 % available for recovery and restoration programmes – by 2020
Reestablishment and reinforcement are issues in action plans for threatened plant species in Norway.
Number of plant species • 369 plant species on the Norwegian red list • 369 – 9 species DD = 360 • 360 – 10 species RE = 350 • 350 – 21 Rubus = 329
• 2007: seeds from 13 species in our seed bank • 2009: seeds from 92 species in seed bank • 2011: 111 species in seed bank + ca. 25 in living collections • 2012: 139 species in seed bank • 2013: 148 species in seed bank + ca. 88 in living collections • 2015: 157 species in seed bank + ca. 95 in living collections Numbers
• We have ca 49% of the amount of plant species on the Norwegian Red list in the Norwegian National Seed Bank • The goal is 75% • New Norwegian red list every 5. year • Some species do not set seeds • Our aim is to have seeds from 5 geographically separated populations Seed banking in NHM, Oslo, Norway Collection Rinsing/cleaning Estimate the number of seeds Drying, 15% RH Seed bank All data to IRIS database Checking MSB pages After 1 month: germination test After 10 years: germination test Educational programmes Duplicates to MSB Conservation areas in our Botanic garden, NHM
20 individuals from the same population (X)
Seed can only be harvested if we just have one population (Z)
Grows better than in the nature – no competition
Serratula tinctoria Living ex situ collections: Dracocephalum ruyschiana
We needed a special area for ex situ work Propagation of wild threatened species, ex: Drymocallis rupestris
Ex situ conservation: Two ways, in seed bank and in living collections Drymocallis rupestris The first species that was re- introduced in Norway. Documentation in Blyttia.
First time: 1990 Ekeberg, Oslo. This population has now ca. 2000 ind.
Second time: Nesodden, 2014.
Third time: Tåsen, 2015 Drymocallis rupestris Cirsium acaule
All re-introductions in Norway must be published in Artskart and Blyttia
Cirsium acaule has been re- introduced twice, in the spring and in the autumn. We learn by our mistakes….
Plants grown in the Botanical garden for two years are introduced to the nearest island of the natural population of Cirsium acaule . Eryngium maritimum Eryngium re-establishment no. 1 Lista, Farsund kommune, Vest Agder 25 years of documentation (Oddvar Pedersen, NHM). Action plan. Seeds for seedbank and re-establishment. Planting in 2012, 2013 & 2014. Yearly Eryngium workshops. Eryngium no. 2. Evje, Rygge kommune, Østfold
Destruction in 2011 «Floravoktere» alarmed Seed collection Propagation at NHM Inspection Reintroduction in August 2014
Monitoring Evaluation Documentation in 2015 The «Mother Plant», august 2014, med Ingar Båttvik, NBF, og Johan Olav Bjerke, Statnett. Foto: Kristina Bjureke
Eryngium maritimum – cooperation horticulturists-botanists
PLANTER: Strandtorn plantes ut på stranda ved Årefjorden. Fra v. Ingar Båtvik, Johan Olav Bjerke fra Statnett, Päivi Hilska, Rygge kommune, og Kristina Bjureke, NHM. (Foto: Geir Hansen, 22.08.2014) Eryngium no. 3. Jomfruland – together with Lithuanians! Evaluation, evaluation, evaluation
September 2016 Good contacts and dissimination
Epipactis palustris and Ellen Hambro, chief of Norwegian Environment Agency Good contact with the county governor, dep. of environment and volounteers «Redder sjelden plante fra E6-utbygging Vegvesenet flytter den sjeldne blomsterarten solblom før de bygger ut E6 i Stange. Av Knut Sveen, NRK Hedmark og Oppland
«Vegvesenet er mer enn asfalt og kantstein. Etaten har også grønne fingre. Nå vil de også bidra til å redde den sjeldne planten solblom som bare vokser 20 steder i Hedmark. Ett av dem er i veikanten ved E6 ved Jønsberg landbruksskole i Stange.»
Foto: Statens Vegvesen. Publisert 22.08.2011
Our strength in Norway • Good network between the 6 botanic gardens • Norsk Botanisk Forening = Norwegian Botanical Association • Enthusiasm and volunteering • Good cooperation with County governors, dep of environment • Training at MSB (=Millenium Seed Bank) Artemisia norvegica Norsk malurt