Sarracenia oreophila

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	NEPENTHALES	SARRACENIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Sarracenia oreophila

Species Authority:

(Kearney) Wherry

Common Name/s:

English

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Green Pitcherplant

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B1+2bc ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Schnell, D., Catling, P., Folkerts, G., Frost, C., Gardner, R. & <i>et al.</i>
Reviewer/s:	Von Arx, B. & Groves, M. (Carnivorous Plants Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: United States (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Recorded from seepage bogs and streambanks.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is subject to a variety of threats including the loss or degradation of wetland habitat, often through conversion for cultivation, housing, and the development of recreational areas; direct use of and drift from herbicides (particularly on roadside areas); invasive exotic species such as kudzu Pueraria lobata, Chinese privet, and Japanese Honeysuckle Microstigium; suppression and elimination of the natural processes essential for the maintenance of bog habitat (for example, through fire, or the activities of beavers); and direct collection of the species (more recently, seed collection has threatened smaller subpopulations).

Major Threat(s):

This species is subject to a variety of threats including the loss or degradation of wetland habitat, often through conversion for cultivation, housing, and the development of recreational areas; direct use of and drift from herbicides (particularly on roadside areas); invasive exotic species such as kudzu Pueraria lobata, Chinese privet, and Japanese Honeysuckle Microstigium; suppression and elimination of the natural processes essential for the maintenance of bog habitat (for example, through fire, or the activities of beavers); and direct collection of the species (more recently, seed collection has threatened smaller subpopulations).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	S. oreophila is currently listed on CITES Appendix I.

Conservation Actions:

S. oreophila is currently listed on CITES Appendix I.

Bibliography [top]

	Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Schnell, D., Catling, P., Folkerts, G., Frost, C., Gardner, R. & et al. 2000. Sarracenia oreophila. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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