Species Use Database

Species Use Database

Green snowdrop, Giant snowdrop , Woronow’s snowdrop
Galanthus woronowii

Used for Keeping/companionship/display in Georgia

A. Species

Scientific name: Galanthus woronowii

Common name(s): Green snowdrop, Giant snowdrop , Woronow’s snowdrop

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Georgia

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Georgia

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2009

End Year: 2010

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild

Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Keeping/companionship/display

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade

Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people, National / local government, National / local private sector and International private sector

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable

Details of assessment carried out: Scientific article

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Georgia’s wild Galanthus woronowii populations appear widespread and relatively abundant, despite over a decade of exports averaging 10–18 million wild-harvested plants per year. The authors suggest that maintaining current export levels is unlikely to harm wild populations, provided that effective monitoring and management of both the population and the harvest are continued.

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

The authors recommend a conservative annual export quota of 15 million plants for the surveyed sites and advice that effective monitoring and management of both population and harvest are upheld. Higher quotas may be justifiable with further research, as they state that these estimates are precautionary.

Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub

Date of publication/issue/production: 2014-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

McGough, H.N., Kikodze, D., Wilford, R., Garrett, L., Deisadze, G., Jaworska, N. and Smith, M.J., 2014. Assessing non-detrimental trade for a CITES Appendix II-listed plant species: the status of wild and cultivated Galanthus woronowii in Georgia. Oryx, 48(3), pp.345-353.

Date of record entry: 2025-03-24