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Sabatia campanulata

(L.) Torr.

Slender Marsh Pink

G4Apparently Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152525
Element CodePDGEN0F070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderGentianales
FamilyGentianaceae
GenusSabatia
Other Common Names
slender rose gentian (EN) Slender Rose-gentian (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2024-04-04
Change Date2024-04-04
Edition Date2024-04-04
Edition AuthorsLogan, J. (1996), rev. Soteropoulos (2024)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Rank Reasons
Sabatia campanulata is a wide-ranging perennial herb occurring in pine savannas, bogs, seeps, fens in the south central and eastern United States from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, and scattered inland in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. Threats include land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, forest management practices, sedimentation, and succession, invasive species, sea level rise, right-of-way maintenance, alteration of groundwater hydrology, deer browse, grazing, recreational activities, and likely other threats in some places Little is known about trends, but with a large range extent and over 180 occurrences, this species is considered secure.
Range Extent Comments
Sabatia campanulata occurs in the south central and eastern United States from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas (possibly extirpated), and scattered inland in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana (presumed extirpated). Range extent was estimated to be over 1.3 million square kilometers using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1993 and 2024 (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).
Occurrences Comments
By applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data documented between 1993 and 2024, it is estimated that there are over 180 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).
Threat Impact Comments
Although threats are not widely documented, Sabatia campanulata is threatened by land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, forest management practices, sedimentation, and to a lesser extent by succession, though there is insufficient data, including anecdotal accounts, to understand scope and severity of threats for this species. Prescribed fire can be beneficial in some habitats (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002). Additional threats include invasive species, sea level rise, right-of-way maintenance, alteration of groundwater hydrology, deer browse, grazing, recreational activities (including off-road vehicles), and likely other threats in some places (NatureServe 2024).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Sabatia campanulata occurs in "pine savannas, bogs, seeps, fens" (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023).
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - ConiferSavanna
Palustrine Habitats
FORESTED WETLANDBog/fen
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
South CarolinaS4Yes
MassachusettsS1Yes
ArkansasS1Yes
TexasSHYes
PennsylvaniaSXYes
DelawareS1Yes
New JerseyS3Yes
FloridaSNRYes
IndianaSXYes
GeorgiaS5Yes
KentuckyS1Yes
North CarolinaS3Yes
MississippiSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
VirginiaS2Yes
LouisianaSNRYes
New YorkS1Yes
MarylandS1Yes
TennesseeSNRYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
1 - Residential & commercial developmentUnknownUnknownUnknown
2 - Agriculture & aquacultureUnknownUnknownUnknown
2.3 - Livestock farming & ranchingUnknownUnknownUnknown
2.3.4 - Scale unknown/unrecordedUnknownUnknownUnknown
4 - Transportation & service corridorsUnknownUnknownUnknown
6 - Human intrusions & disturbanceUnknownUnknownUnknown
6.1 - Recreational activitiesUnknownUnknownUnknown
7 - Natural system modificationsUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.1 - Fire & fire suppressionUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.1.2 - Suppression in fire frequency/intensityUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.2 - Dams & water management/useUnknownUnknownUnknown
7.2.8 - Abstraction of ground water (unknown use)UnknownUnknownUnknown
8 - Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseasesUnknownUnknownUnknown
8.1 - Invasive non-native/alien species/diseasesUnknownUnknownUnknown
8.1.1 - Unspecified speciesUnknownUnknownUnknown
8.2 - Problematic native species/diseasesUnknownUnknownUnknown
8.2.2 - Named speciesUnknownUnknownUnknown
9 - PollutionUnknownUnknownUnknown
9.3 - Agricultural & forestry effluentsUnknownUnknownUnknown
9.3.2 - Soil erosion, sedimentationUnknownUnknownUnknown
11 - Climate change & severe weatherUnknownUnknownUnknown
11.5 - Other impactsUnknownUnknownUnknown

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Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
North Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Catfish Lake South - ACroatan National Forest217
References (8)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2023. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 14. Magnoliophyta: Gentianaceae to Hydroleaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 505 pp.
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2024. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) data portal. Online. Available: https://www.gbif.org/ (accessed 2024).
  3. iNaturalist. 2024. Online. Available: https://www.inaturalist.org (accessed 2024).
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  5. NatureServe. 2024. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia.
  6. Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.
  7. Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2024. Collections Databases. Online. Available: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/index.php (accessed 2024).
  8. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2023. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of April 14, 2023. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2105 pp.