Sarracenia oreophila Wherry. Common name: Green Pitcherplant. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Seepage bogs, sandy shores of shallow streams. Distribution: A montane-piedmontane sibling of S. flava, known from sw. NC, se. TN (where presumed extirpated from the state), n. GA, and c. and ne. AL (Govus 1987, Wherry 1933, Schnell 1980b, Dennis 1980, Catalani 2004).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA8, GW2, K4, W, Bell (1949), McDaniel (1971), Schnell (2002b), Wood (1960); = n/a — RAB; < Sarracenia flava L. — S, S13; > Sarracenia oreophila Wherry var. oreophila — McPherson & Schnell (2011); > Sarracenia oreophila Wherry var. ornata S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell — McPherson & Schnell (2011). Basionym: Sarracenia oreophila Wherry 1933
Links to other floras: = Sarracenia oreophila - FNA8
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia oreophila, DeKalb County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia oreophila, hillside seep bog, Towns County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia oreophila, and Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, DeKalb County, Alabama 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia oreophila, DeKalb County, Alabama 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia oreophila, hillside seep bog, Towns County, Georgia 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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native range: NC, GA & AL
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