Sarracenia leucophylla in the Wild!

Sarracenia leucophylla with a particularly strong red coloration

A few days ago, I received an email complimenting my previous post about Sarracenia leucophylla in the wild, and asking if I had any more S. leucophylla photos to share. In fact, I do! Unfortunately, much like my S. flava photos, I don't have many and my memory of locations is a little fuzzy.

S. leuco at Site 1

The first two photos are of S. leuco at what I'm going to call Site 1. I don't remember, exactly where this site was - Florida or Alabama - but I do recall that it was a pretty shaded site. The Sarrs were being pushed out by the trees. This was a result, of course, of the lack of wildfires burning over the savannas due to humans disliking things like that, and the natural progression of savannas into woodlands.

S. leuco at Site 1

Here, again, although fuzzy, you can see how the S. leucos were being crowded out by larger shrubs and trees. Considering these photos were take about a decade ago, I doubt that there are any plants left at Site 1, unless someone stepped in and started clearing brush.

A field of S. leucophylla, now destroyed, in Perdido, AL

A few months ago I asked Mike Wang if the fantastic field of plants in Perdido, Alabama still existed. His answer, unfortunately, was a firm, but definite "no." So these photos are now a historic relic, a record of something that used to exist, a fantastic field of white topped S. leucophylla.

S. leucophylla, now destroyed, in Perdido, AL

It's always sad to hear that such a wonderful stand of plants has been destroyed. There were so many! I thought it impossible that they'd ever go away. Unfortunately, urban developers disagreed. This really was one of the best stands of S. leucophylla that I ever found in my explorations of the Gulf Coast.

S. leucophylla, now destroyed, in Perdido, AL

For those of you interested, I believe this may be one-and-the-same as the famous (and now destroyed), Hurricane Creek site, source of S. leucophylla 'Hurricane Creek White'. I'm not exactly sure that it is the same site, as Hurricane Creek isn't too far from Perdido, but, as you can read here, my recollection of the plants found this field was the same as those claimed to be at the Hurricane Creek site.