Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis

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Family:	SARRACENIACEAE
Species:	Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case ssp. alabamensis
Common Name:	Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant; Alabama Pitcher Plant
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant is a native herbaceous perennial in the Pitcher Plant family (Sarraceniaceae). It is endemic to Autauga and Chilton, and Elmore Counties in Alabama. Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant grows in hillside seeps, bogs, and along streams in open, fire maintained Longleaf Pine forests. There are 11 known populations, but only 5 of those consist of more than 10 clumps. Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant is a perennial from a rhizome. Three types of leaves are produced: phyllodia, spring trap leaves, and summer trap leaves. Phyllodia are flat non-trap leaves that function in photosynthesis and are usually green in color. They may be the only leaf type produced by plants in dense shade. Spring trap leaves are smaller than summer trap leaves, hollow, glabrous, and often decumbent. Summer trap leaves are larger, pubescent, and erect. Trap leaves are dull yellow-green to bronze-red in color, with maroon veins near the top on the inner surface. These leaves act as traps for insects which drown in a mixture of rainwater and enzymes in the pitcher. Flowers are solitary on a scape that is longer than the leaves. Flowers are bright red in color. The fruit is a capsule. Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant was listed as an Endangered Species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on April 10, 1989. Major threats to the plants include over collecting, lack of fire, and conversion of its habitat into ponds.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	The original Case & Case publication (1974) describing Sarracenia alabamensis and Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. wherryi was invalidated due to a methodology error in assigning type specimens. Subsequently, Schnell (1978) transferred both invalid names to subspecies of S. rubra which produced an invalid name S. rubra ssp. alabamensis and the VALID S. rubra ssp wherryi. Case (2005) later corrected the error which validated both S. alabamensis and S. alabamensis ssp. wherryi.--B. Keener Listed as Federally Endangered as of 10 Mar 1989. Unfortunately, the name used at the time of listing was the earlier invalid combination: Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis.
Status:	Native, Endemic, Endangered-US, S1S2 (State Rank), G4T1 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	SARRACENIACEAE - Pitcher-Plant family
Genus	Sarracenia
Species	**Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case ssp. alabamensis** - Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant; Alabama Pitcher Plant

Citation

Citation	Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case, ssp. alabamensis, Sida 21(4): 2169. 2005.
Basionym:	**
Type:	USA: ALABAMA: Elmore Co.: between Elmore and Speigner, gravelly, peaty springhead in thicket of Rhododendron, Alnus, Magnolia virginina, Rhus vernix, and Arundinaria tecta, [Field collection Jun 1971; greenhouse grown.] 1 May 1972, F. Case & R. Case S500. (holotype: US 02797766; isotype: MICH.)

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Chilton

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, SAMF, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
ALNHS00003947	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SACLACKLER	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003957	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAIPS	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003949	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SARCAL	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030428	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030426	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00006573	Autauga	05 Jun 2019	Yawn, N.D. #16	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00007648	Autauga	13 OCT 2021	Barger, T. Wayne SP#5660	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003943	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAGARRISON	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003953	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAMIMS	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030422	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00006569	Autauga	29 May 2019	Yawn, N.D. #13	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00007702	Autauga	30 MAR 2021	Barger, T. Wayne SP#5444	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003567	Autauga	1 Sep 2015	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2004	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case ssp. alabamensis
ALNHS00003956	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SACT	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003942	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAJSAC	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003952	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SARG	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030429	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00006568	Autauga	28 May 2019	Yawn, N.D. #12	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003939	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAGREEN	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003945	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAMOORE	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA_ACC_24367	Chilton	19 May 1972	Redmond, Bill 0034	AUA Sarracenia Rubra Walt. Ssp. Alabamensis (F.W. & R.B. Case) Schnell
AUA000030421	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00006571	Autauga	04 Jun 2019	Yawn, N.D. #19	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00006980	Autauga	27 Sep 2020	Yawn, Noah D. NDY#98	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. & R.B. Case ssp. alabamensis
UWAL0019211	Chilton	24 May 1979	Kral, Robert 63727	UWAL Sarracenia alabamensis
ALNHS00003955	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SACT	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003941	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAJSAC	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003951	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SARG	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030423	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
UWAL0019210	Chilton	05 Jun 1978	Kral, Robert 61971	UWAL Sarracenia rubra Walt var. alabamensis
ALNHS00006575	Autauga	19 Jun 2019	Yawn, N.D. #18	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003940	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAGREEN	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003946	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAMOORE	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030424	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030425	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00006572	Autauga	05 Jun 2019	Yawn, N.D. #15	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
TROY000044772	Autauga	18 Apr 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 638	TROY Sarracenia alabamensis (Case & R.B. Case) ssp. alabamensis
ALNHS00007649	Autauga	13 OCT 2021	Barger, T. Wayne SP#5660	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003944	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAGARRISON	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003954	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAMIMS	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030427	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
SAMF0004014	Chilton	24 May 1979	Kral, Robert 63727	SAMF Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. alabamensis (F. W. & R. B. Case) Schnell
ALNHS00006570	Autauga	30 May 2019	Yawn, N.D. #14	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003948	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SACLACKLER	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003958	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SAIPS	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
ALNHS00003950	Autauga	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SARCAL	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis Case & R.B. Case
AUA000030420	Chilton	26 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne	AUA Sarracenia Alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case
UWAL0019214	Chilton	03 Oct 1979	Kral, Robert 64412	UWAL Sarracenia alabamensis
ALNHS00006574	Autauga	17 Jun 2019	Yawn, N.D. #17	ALNHS Sarracenia alabamensis F.W. Case & R.B. Case

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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