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Wild Angelica

Angelica sylvestris

Summary 7

Angelica sylvestris or Wild Angelica is a species of plant that grows about one to two and a half metres tall.

Range description 8

A. sylvestris occurs throughout most of Europe, east through Russia to western China and in a small area of northeastern North America (USDA 2013).

Description 9

Plants perennial, 0.8–2 m. Root conic, thick, slightly aromatic. Stem 1–2.5 cm thick, ribbed, pubescent below umbel. Basal and lower leaves petiolate, petioles long, sheaths ovate to saccate-inflated; blade broadly triangular-ovate, 2–3-pinnate; leaflets sessile, lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–8 × 1–4 cm, base cuneate, margin serrulate, slightly hispidulous along nerves. Umbels 10–20 cm across; bracts absent or 1–2, linear, deciduous; rays 15–30, pubescent; bracteoles many, linear, as long as pedicels. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, ovate to obovate. Fruit broad-ovoid, 5–6 × 3.5–5 mm; dorsal ribs filiform, lateral ribs winged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep. n = 11*.

Habitat and ecology 10

Habitat and Ecology

A. sylvestris is aperennial herb, occurring on base-enriched soils in a wide variety of habitats, including damp woods and carr, damp neutral grassland, marshes, mires, swamps and tall-herb fens, sea-cliffs, ungrazed montane grassland and mountain ledges (Preston et al. 2002).

Systems
  • Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment 11


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2014

Assessor/s
Lansdown, R.V.

Reviewer/s
Smith, K.

Contributor/s

Justification

This species is classed as Least Concern as it is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats.

National nature serve conservation status 12

Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

Threats 13

Major Threats

There are no known past, ongoing, or future threats to this species.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) tsiegretlop, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/86154126@N07/8813691217/
  2. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Angelica-sylvestris-61474.JPG
  3. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Angelica-sylvestris-00008.jpg
  4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Angelica-sylvestris-65709.JPG
  5. (c) 2008 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=262305&one=T
  6. (c) 2008 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=262306&one=T
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_sylvestris
  8. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34300854
  9. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4949068
  10. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34300856
  11. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34300853
  12. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28988360
  13. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34300857

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