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GIANT REED (Arundo donax)


  

Detection map


The observations that appear on this map correspond to the ones detected by the LIFE medCLIFFS Observers Network (including also those recorded by volunteers).

 

Monitored ecological data
Reported observations: 46
Transects with observations: 23
Total area with individuals: 622 m2
Observed individuals: 1932
Percentage of observations with juvenile individuals: 74%
Percentage of observations with adult individuals: 100%
Percentage of observations with senescent individuals: 54%

These results have been obtained from the data reported by the members of the LIFE medCLIFFS Volunteer Network during the monitoring of the transects and have been validated by the Botanical Institute of Barcelona.

 

Volunteers observations (selection)

Review all volunteer observations on iNaturalist.


 

  • Taxon included in the consensus list (invasive alien ornamental plant species that must not be planted or traded).

 

Data on the invasive species
Functional traits: Semi Woody
Life cycle: Perennial
Origen range: Asia
Grown in Catalonia: Yes
Invasion state: Invasive
Introduction time: Before 1500
Introduction pathway: Introduced for agricultural use
Previously reported from Catalonia: Yes
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See the Flora Catalana catalogue sheet

 

Functional traits: Woody, Semi-woody (including succulents, shrubs and canes), vine (including climbers, scandents and trailing plants) or herbaceous plants.
Vital form: annual, biannual o perennial.
Origen range (native range): Mediterranean area, North Africa, North America, South America and Africa, South America, South Africa, Asia, Est of Asia, Australia, Madagascar or artificial origin.
Grown in Catalonia : yes, no, unknown.
Invasion state: invasive o naturalized.
Introduction time (period when the plant was introduced in Catalonia): before 1500, between 1500 and 1900, between 1900 and 1970 or after 1970.
Introduction pathway: Introduced for gardening use, introduced for agricultural use, accidental introduction by transport.
Previously reported in Catalonia (before the start of the project): yes, no.

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12:00 - 14:00

Field visit – LIFE medCLIFFS Volunteering Network

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Managing invasive plants for conserving the Mediterranean Sea cliffs

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