Summary
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Angelica sylvestris or Wild Angelica is a species of plant that grows about one to two and a half metres tall.
Range description
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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
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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
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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
Iucn red list assessment
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Red List CategoryLC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version3.1
Year Assessed2014
Assessor/sLansdown, R.V.
Reviewer/sSmith, K.
Contributor/sJustification
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
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Canada
Rounded National Status Rank:
NNA - Not Applicable
Threats
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Major Threats
There are no known past, ongoing, or future threats to this species.
Fontes e Créditos
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/86154126@N07/8813691217/
- (c) anónimo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC),
http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Angelica-sylvestris-61474.JPG
- (c) anónimo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC),
http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Angelica-sylvestris-00008.jpg
- (c) anónimo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC),
http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Angelica-sylvestris-65709.JPG
- (c) 2008 Zoya Akulova, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC),
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=262305&one=T
- (c) 2008 Zoya Akulova, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC),
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=262306&one=T
- (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_sylvestris
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://eol.org/data_objects/34300854
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://eol.org/data_objects/4949068
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://eol.org/data_objects/34300856
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://eol.org/data_objects/34300853
- (c) NatureServe, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC),
http://eol.org/data_objects/28988360
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://eol.org/data_objects/34300857
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