5th monitoring survey of the action re-enforcement at Ronciglio

Within the framework of the re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima, the monitoring activities of the sea marigolds planted at Ronciglio, Trapani, goes on. Three months after planting, 90% of the introduced individuals is healthy, more than 40% of them is in bloom and 70% are fruiting or have…

4th monitoring survey of the action re-enforcement at Ronciglio

Within the framework of the re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima, the monitoring activities of the sea marigolds planted at Ronciglio, Trapani, goes on. Two months after planting, 90% of the introduced individuals is healthy, more than 80% of them is in bloom and 34% are fruiting or have…

3rd monitoring survey of the action re-enforcement at Ronciglio

Within the framework of the re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima, the monitoring activities of the sea marigolds planted at Ronciglio, Trapani, goes on. Nearly months after planting, 95% of the introduced individuals is healthy, more than 50% of them is in bloom and 7% are fruiting or have…

Monitoring the action of re-enforcement of natural populations

In the framework of Action D1, aimed at monitoring the impact of concrete conservation activities, on March 7 was carried out the second monitoring survey of the individuals planted during February 2019 along the coastline of the locality Ronciglio. All the 11 nuclei of planted individuals appear to be healthy,…

First re-enforcement at Ronciglio, Trapani

On February 13 it has been started the action aiming at the re-enforcement of the population of Calendula maritima along the coast of locality Ronciglio, Trapani. Under the supervision of the Director and the staff of the Nature Reserve ‘Saline di Trapani’, 11 nuclei of sea marigold have been introduced,…

Mapping of the populations of Calendula maritima

After an accurate exploration of the whole coastline between the nature reserves ‘Foce del fiume Belice’ and ‘Zingaro’, a 1:2000 scale map of all extant populations of Calendula maritima has been carried out. We mapped 15 distinct populations, growing between the nature reserves ‘Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala’ and ‘Monte…

Action A2. Soil sampling in current and potential reintroduction sites completed

With the soil sampling in the sites of Salina Calcara, Isola Lunga, Isola Colombaia and the islet of Maraone, the field activities related to the action A2 have been completed. The results of analyses, still in progress, will allow to select the most suitable sites for reinforcement (C2) and reintroduction…

Action C.1. First production cycle of in-vitro plants completed

After the development of the propagation protocol through in-vitro techniques, the first complete cycle of production of new plantlets for the reinforcement (C2) and reintroduction actions (C3) was accomplished. The first 110 plants have been successfully moved to the acclimatization phase and are ready for the reintroduction in the wild.…