Nordic Crop Wild Relatives Priority List for Conservation Planning

Nordic region crop wild relatives prioritized for future food security. The dataset includes information on geographic distribution, gene pool affinity, invasiveness, and threat level. It was created by Heli Fitzgerald at the University of Helsinki, with an update in 2021.

Use Cases

• Prioritize conservation efforts based on socio-economic value and utilization potential mentioned in the description.
• Assess geographic distribution and national occurrence of plant species for regional planning.
• Evaluate threat status and invasiveness classification to inform biodiversity protection strategies.

Strengths

• Data is prioritized based on socio-economic value of related crops and potential utilization value for breeding.
• Includes multiple data dimensions: national occurrence, gene pool affiliation, use category, threat status, and invasiveness.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Helsinki

Collection Method

Taxa were prioritized based on a checklist and expert consultation from Nordic scientists and plant breeders.

Geography

Nordic region