Legislation under which the species receives protection on the national level - Sarracenia rubra ssp. Legislation providing protection on the international level - S. rubra ssp. Information on national trade - Collecting by amateur plant enthusiasts, professional botanists, and commercial horticulturists continues to be a problem for carnivorous plants, even though cultivated sources are available for almost all species. Pitcher plants have been collected and sold as ornamentals and curiosities for over a century, and the demand for rare species such as mountain sweet pitcher plant is particularly intense. Like other Sarracenias , S. rubra ssp.
Carnivorous plants are in demand and collecting is another serious threat.
Recently, commercial florists have been using dried pitcher plants in their floral arrangements. At least one of three North Carolina bogs now being monitored has had seed heads removed by collectors . Appendix I species of Sarracenia do not appear to be that popular to the general U.S. domestic trade. Eight of the 10 remaining populations of mountain sweet pitcher plant are located on privately owned lands. The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism owns one of the plant sites, and two others have recently been acquired by the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department.