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12-22-2016

Sarracenia oreophila

Sarracenia oreophila NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.Sarracenia oreophila, also known as the green pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. It has highly modified leaves in the form of pitchers that act as pitfall traps for prey.

The narrow pitcher leaves are tapered tubes that rise up to 75 centimetres from the ground, with a mouth 6 to 10 centimetres in circumference Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to the New World. Sarracenia oreophila is the most endangered of all Sarracenia species, its range limited to a handful of sites in northern Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, and—historically–Tennessee.Sarracenia Oreophila is commonly known as the Green Pitcher Plant, or Mountain Trumpet pitcher plant and produces early spring and summer pitchers reaching 24 inches (60 cm) tall. It is extremely cold-hardy (survives drops to 0 ° F/-18 ° C) and adapted for inland snowy, mountainous conditions.

Detailed information
Full Name: Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 10/21/1979 Southeast Region (Region 4) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Green pitcher-plant, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Alabama , Georgia , North Carolina
  • US Counties in which the Green pitcher-plant, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
04/09/2010 75 FR 18233 18234 5-Year Status Reviews of 10 Southeastern Species; Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information
03/24/1980 45 FR 18929 18930 Listing of Sarracenia Oreophila, Green Pitcher Plant; Report of Public Meeting in Alabama
09/21/1979 44 FR 54922 54923 (MISSING) Determination that Sarracenia oreophila is an Endangered Species
06/16/1976 41 FR 24523 24572 Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants; 41 FR 24523 24572
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Green pitcher-plant.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
12/12/1994 Green Pitcher-plant View Implementation Progress Final Revision 2
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
12/12/1994 Green Pitcher-plant View Implementation Progress Final Revision 2
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
04/09/2010 75 FR 18233 18234 5-Year Status Reviews of 10 Southeastern Species; Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
04/01/2014 Green pitcher plant (Sarracenia oreophila) 5-Year Review
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