aconitum noveboracense
12-22-2016

Aconitum noveboracense

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Aconitum noveboracense, also known as northern blue monkshood or northern wild monkshood, is a flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Members of its genus (Aconitum) are also known as wolfsbane.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service government lists it as a threatened species.[1] It grows in rare portions of New York State and in portions of the Driftless Area.

Northern monkshood is noted for its very distinctive, blue hood-shaped flowers. The flowers are about 1 inch in length, and a single stem may have many flowers. Stems range from about 1 to 4 feet in length. The leaves are broad with coarse, toothed lobes.

  • Only found in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, and New York.
  • Typically found on shaded to partially shaded cliffs, algific talus slopes, or on cool, streamside sites. These areas have cool soil conditions, cold air drainage, or cold groundwater flowage. On algific talus slopes, these conditions are caused by the outflow of cool air and water from ice contained in underground fissures. These fissures are connected to sinkholes and are a conduit for the air flows.

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Detailed information
Full Name: Northern Wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 05/27/1978 Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region (Region 3) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Northern Wild monkshood, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Iowa , New York , Ohio , Wisconsin
  • US Counties in which the Northern Wild monkshood, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Northern Wild monkshood, Wherever found is known to occur: Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Northern Wild monkshood.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/23/1983 Northern Monkshood View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/23/1983 Northern Monkshood View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
04/22/2008 73 FR 21643 21645 Notice of initiation of review; request for information on seven listed midwestern species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
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