The first reinforcement activity of the small natural population of Calendula maritima of Isola Lunga was carried out, within the natural reserve of the Stagnone Islands of Marsala. 25 new nuclei were implanted, each consisting of 10 young seedlings for a total of 250 new plants.
The tv program RAI Lineablu, whose main objective is to develop the culture of the sea and valorize its resources, always paying great attention to environmental issues, visited the site of reintroduction of the Calendula maritima at Cala Pozzo in Favignana. To watch the episode click on the link
In the framework of action C3 - ’Reintroduction of Calendula maritima according to the criteria of species translocation’, the monitoring of plants planted at Cala Pozzo in Favignana and at Salina Calcara was carried out. Eight months after transplanting, after the first autumn rains, most of the plants that survived…
As part of action 'C2 - Strengthening natural populations’, in August and September the plants planted on Colombaia Island were monitored. Despite the long-lasting drought of the summer period, almost 75% of the plants are healthy, 19% are still in bloom, but no plant bearing seed were found. Among the…
Concluded the summer monitoring of the re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima carried out at Ronciglio. A year and half after their reintroduction in the wild, 80% of the surviving plants are healthy, while the remaining 20% show evident signs of water stress due to the long-lasting summer drought.…
In the framework of action C3 - ’Reintroduction of Calendula maritima according to the criteria of species traslocation’, the monitoring of plants planted at Salina Calcara was carried out. Six months after reintroduction, due to the long-lasting summer drought, most of the plants (90%) show slight to evident signs of…
In the framework of action C3 - ’Reintroduction of Calendula maritima according to the criteria of species traslocation’, the monitoring of plants planted at Cala Pozzo in Favignana was carried out. Six months after transplanting, due to the long-lasting summer drought, most plants (82%) show slight signs of water stress,…
In the framework of action ‘C5 - Control of alien species’, the areas cleared from the invasive exotic plant Carpobrotus edulis were monitored. Four months after eradication, most of the areas were colonized by the spontaneous annual vegetation typical for these environments. Only in two out of 5 sites some…
Concluded the monitoring of the activity of re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima carried out at Ronciglio. One year and four months after planting, 44% of the plants is still healthy, 16% is blooming, 82% will soon disperse the seeds, no plants have new flower buds. Among the planted…
Concluded the monitoring of the activity of re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima carried out at Colombaia Island in the area cleared from the invasive exotic plant Carpobrotus edulis. Four months after planting, almost 80% of the plants is healthy, 48% bears flower buds, 40% is in full bloom…
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