Type 501(c)(3) | Website nasarracenia.org | |
Mission "to serve as a living record of the taxonomic, morphological and genetic diversity of the genus Sarracenia for purposes of conservation and cultivation." | ||
The North American Sarracenia Conservancy (NASC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to habitat conservation. Founded in, 2005 the Conservancy was granted tax-exempt status in January 2009. The main focus of the Conservancy is the conservation and preservation of the natural habitats and genetic diversity of the Sarracenia pitcher plants. Sarracenia are a genus of carnivorous plants that trap prey in tube-shaped hollow, liquid-filled leaves. They are native from the southeastern United States, up the coastal plain into the Great Lakes and Canada. Their natural habitat in this range is in sphagnum bogs, swamps, fens, and flooded plains.
Conservation work
The NASC is one of several organizations working to protect the habitat of carnivorous plants in the wild. Other groups that are involved in such habitat conservation efforts include the International Carnivorous Plant Society, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Center for Plant Conservation at the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Carnivorous Plant Society. Of these, the NASC is the only one that specializes in Sarracenia (although many other organisms benefit from the conservation of Sarracenia habitat).