seacoast angelica (sea-watch)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Stout perennial herb from a strong taproot and partitioned stem-base; stems erect, single, 0.5-1.4 m tall.
Leaves:
Stem leaves glabrous, 2-3 times divided in 3's; leaflets egg-shaped to deltoid, 2-7 cm long, irregularly toothed; leaf stalks inflated, with expanded sheathing base.
Flowers:
Numerous, small compact heads in 1- several compound umbels; flowers white; involucral bracts lacking.
Fruits:
Oblong-elliptic, 4-9 mm long, glabrous, with corky-thickened, thin-edged ribs.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
111 | 0 | 1500 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
8 | 0 | 120 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
224 | 12 | 290 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 4 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
44 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(1), CWH(40), MH(2), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic beaches, coastal bluffs and meadows in the lowland to subalpine zones; common in and W of the Coast-Cascade Mountains, infrequent eastward; amphiberingian, N to AK and S to CA; E. Asia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Coelopleurum actaeifolium (Michx.) J.M. Coult. & Rose
Coelopleurum gmelinii (DC.) Ledeb.
Coelopleurum lucidum (L.) Fernald
Coelopleurum lucidum subsp. gmelinii (DC.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Taxonomic Keys
TAXONOMIC KEY TO ANGELICA
1. Fruits slightly flattened, the subequal wings scarcely winged; plants mainly coastal A. lucida 1. Fruits strongly flattened, the lateral wings broadly winged; plants not essentially coastal. 2. Flowers yellowish; involucres present, leafy A. dawsonii 2. Flowers white, greenish-white or sometimes pinkish; involucres lacking or rarely a few bracts present. 3. Main axis of the leaves bent, leaflets deflexed A. genuflexa 3. Main axis of the leaves straight, leaflets not deflexed A. arguta |