Ribbon-leaved water-plantain Alisma gramineuem Lejeune: A review of conservation work carried out under English Nature’s Species Recovery Programme and the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, 1991 to 2005

Alisma gramineum has been listed under Schedule 8 of Part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) since 1981. Westwood Great Pool, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, where the plant still survives, is scheduled as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). A management agreement with the owner is currently in operation for the site. Langmere, in the Norfolk Breckland, where dormant seed of Alisma gramineum may remain, lies within an SSSI and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the EC Habitats Directive. A section of the River Glen is included within Baston and Thurlby Fens SSSI (see Section 7.2.3), but Blue Gowt Drain, where there have been more recent records of Alisma gramineum, is not designated.