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sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia leucophylla — extinct radiotower site, Okaloosa Co, FL

Okaloosa Co, FL

First described
2014
Type
extinct wild site cultivation preservation

A small surviving cultivation lineage from an Okaloosa Co radiotower site that's now fully destroyed. Companion to the gulfensis 'Giant' radiotower-extinct entry — same destroyed habitat. Mike has only "a little population" of cultivation survivors and questions whether the genetic pool is large enough for any restoration attempt.

History

Site location: near Eglin Airforce Base. Documented in 2014 (post #1) as completely destroyed — the field is now a busy commercial street with the namesake radiotower visible in the background. Soil alteration for development killed the wild population. Mike: "Not a single plant survived in the wild."

The site historically held leucophylla, gulfensis Giant, and (per sunbelle, post #3) large rosea populations.

Mike (post #4, 2014): asked sunbelle if she had pre-destruction site photos for the historical record; no confirmation in this thread.

Standout traits

  • Conservation-only cultivation lineage
  • Limited genetic diversity in surviving pool
  • No suitable nearby habitat for reintroduction

Cultivation notes

  • Outdoor NorCal; Mike's surviving plants healthy.
  • This is not a select-clone-for-color entry — the value is the preserved site genetics.

Standout traits

  • Conservation-relevant — site fully destroyed, wild population extinct
  • Mike (post #1, 2014): 'I doubt there's enough genetic diversity in this little population to do any restoration work' — small surviving cultivation pool
  • No suitable habitat near the original site for reintroduction — surrounding terrain is either thick forest or buildings
  • Site context — fastest-growing US city per Mike's 2013 reading; military-base-adjacent development pressure (Eglin Airforce Base)

Cultivation

  • Outdoor Northern California.
  • 2014-09-19 photo set documents the surviving leucos.
  • Conservation framing: this is one of Mike's clear cases where cultivation IS the species' survival path — not a 'preserve cultivation for completeness' nice-to-have.
  • sunbelle (post #3, 2014) confirms personal knowledge of the site; boggyboy72 (post #6, 2015) lived nearby for 20 years and asked for the location to potentially document remaining sites.
  • wrightorchid (post #7, 2015) added broader context: similar destruction has wiped Sarracenia out of nearby Navarre, Destin, and Gulf Breeze neighborhoods through hydrological disruption.

Photos (4)

site today — busy commercial street with radiotower in background, 2014-09-19— Mike Wang
Mike's surviving leuco from radiotower site, 2014-09-19— Mike Wang
Mike's surviving leuco, 2014-09-19— Mike Wang
Mike's surviving leuco, 2014-09-19— Mike Wang

Naming

'Radiotower' = the visible radio tower in background photos identifies the destroyed site, reused as a cultivation-collection identifier across Mike's threads (see also giant-radiotower-extinct gulfensis entry).