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Pesticide Table for the Green Pitcher Plant | Pesticide Table for Mohr's Barbara's-Buttons
About the Green Pitcher Plant | About Mohr's Barbara's-Buttons
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Green Pitcher Plant
Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients
| Active Ingredient | Code |
|---|---|
| 2,4-D (all forms) | 29 |
| AMITROL | 29 |
| AMONIUM SULFAMATE | 29 |
| ATRAZINE | 29 |
| CADODYLIC ACID | 29 |
| CLOPYRALID | 29 |
| DAZOMET | 29 |
| DICAMBA (all forms) | 29 |
| DICHLOBENIL | 29 |
| DICHLORPROP (2,4-DP) | 29 |
| ENQUIK | 14b |
| EPTC | 29 |
| FLORIDONE | 20b |
| FOSAMINE-AMMONIUM | 29 |
| GLYPHOSATE | 29 |
| HEXAZINONE | 29 |
| MCPA (all forms) | 29 |
| OXYFLUORFEN | 33a |
| PARAQUAT | 29 |
| PICLORAM (all forms) | 29 |
| SIMAZINE | 29 |
| TEBUTHIURON | 29 |
| Code | Limitations |
|---|---|
| 14b | Do not apply this pesticide in the species habitat (described under the Shading Key), nor within 100 feet of the habitat.> |
| 20b | Do not apply directly to water within the shaded area, including streams at the boundary of the shaded area.> |
| 29 | Do not apply this pesticide in the species habitat (described under the Shading Key). In addition, forground applications do not apply within 20 yard of the habitat, nor within 100 yards for aerial applications. |
| 33a | Do not apply this pesticide in the species habitat (described under the Shading Key), nor within 1/4 mile of the habitat. |
Mohr's Barbara's-Buttons
Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients
| AMITROL | 29 |
| AMONIUM SULFAMATE | 29 |
| ATRAZINE | 29 |
| CADODYLIC ACID | 29 |
| DAZOMET | 29 |
| DICHLOBENIL | 29 |
| DICHLORPROP (2,4-DP) | 29 |
| ENQUIK | 14b |
| EPTC | 29 |
| FLURIDONE | 20b |
| FOSAMINE-AMMONIUM | 29 |
| GLYPHOSATE | 29 |
| HEXAZINONE | 29 |
| PARAQUAT | 29 |
| PICLORAM (all forms) | 29 |
| SIMAZINE | 29 |
| Code | Limitations |
|---|---|
| 14b | Do not apply this pesticide in the species habitat (described under the Shading Key), nor within 100 feet of the habitat. |
| 20b | Do not apply directly to water within the shaded area, including streams at the boundary of the shaded area. |
| 29 | Do not apply this pesticide in the species habitat (described under the Shading Key). In addition, for ground applications do not apply within 20 yard of the habitat, nor within 100 yards for aerial applications. |
Mohr's Barbara's-buttons [Marshallia mohrii]
Mohr's Barbara's-buttons is a perennial herb with stems 1-2.3 feet tall that arise from a thick base. Alternate, three-veined, ovate leaves are 3-8 inches tall and decrease in size from the base to the top of the plant. This herb has pale pink to lavender flowers that bloom from mid-May through June, and fruits that mature in July and August.
Mohr's Barbara's-buttons is found in moist, grassy clearings in mature oak and pine woodlands, and beside shale-bedded streams. Soils are typically alkaline clays with a high mixture of organic matter. Two other federally listed species, Alabama leather flower and green pitcher plant, occur in the same habitat.
Mohr's Barbara's-buttons is endemic to the mountains of north-central Alabama, which extend into Georgia along the Appalachian range. Historically, this plant was found in five Alabama counties and a single Georgia county, but is now only found in Cherokee County, Etowah County, and possibly in Bibb County, Alabama, along with a remnant population in Floyd County, Georgia.
Mohr's Barbara's-buttons has declined from loss of habitat due to fire supression and the resulting natural vegetation succession. When fires are suppressed, forest vegetation overtakes the grassy clearings and shades out plants, like Barbara's buttons, which require full sun. When forest clearings disappear, this species finds habitat in other clearings, such as along roadsides or along utility line corridors, that are often subject to mowing and herbicide application.
The Alabama Highway Department has been advised of the location of plants which occur along state highways and has agreed to modify its maintenance routines to benefit the plant. Because no plants are found on federal lands, further efforts will depend on the cooperation of private landowners to manage the habitable clearings by controlled burning or cutting.
Matthews, J.R. (ed.), The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species, Beacham Publishing Inc, Washington, DC. Vol I, pp. 273-274.
Green pitcher plant [Sarracenia oreophila]
The green pitcher plant is a perennial herb growing from moderately branched rhizome 8-30 inches tall. The plant is wider at the top than at the base. It has green to yellow-green, funnel shaped leaves that appear with the flower buds in early April, and mature with yellow flowers during late April and May. The leaves wither by late summer and are replaced with flat leaves that persist until the following season. This insectivorous plant gains its nutrients by consuming insects that are trapped by bristles inside the leaves.
Green pitcher plant is found in diverse habitats with highly acidic and organic soils such as seepage bogs, areas that are wetlands for at least part of the growing season, and in sandstone or shale soils along flat to moderately sloping stream banks or woodland sites with much winter moisture.
Formerly the green pitcher plant grew in five geological provinces, but is now known from only three: Cumberland Plateau, Blue Ridge, and Ridge and Valley. These provinces are contained in Alabama (Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, and Marshall counties); and Georgia (Towns County). Most of the 26 pitcher plant colonies occur in the Cumberland Plateau region of northeastern Alabama. Recovery of this species depends on maintaining adequate water tables by preventing the drainage or filling of surrounding wetlands, preventing herbicide and fertilizer run-off from adjacent agricultural areas, and halting the succession of woodlands that overtake pitcher plant habitat.