Ligusticum calderi Mathias & Constance
Calder's lovage (Calder's licorice-root)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Calder's lovage (Calder's licorice-root)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
Species Information
General:
Stout perennial herb from a taproot; stems 20-60 cm tall, leafy, with fibrous remains of leaf sheaths at the base.
Leaves:
Compound, mostly basal, divided into distinct toothed leaflets up to 3 cm long; stem leaves reduced, only 1 or 2.
Flowers:
Inflorescence in small, compound umbels with 7-14 small compact heads; flowers white; spokes of terminal umbels 15 or less; involucral bracts lacking.
Fruits:
Oblong to elliptic, 4-6 mm long, glabrous, with narrowly winged 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
Ecological Framework for Ligusticum calderi
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)
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) |
517 | 10 | 990 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
34 | 0 | 120 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
64 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
54 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
MH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(3), CMA(7), CWH(22), MH(22) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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