Ligusticum porteri

Common names: osha, oshá, Osha, Porter's licorice root

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Apiales > Apiaceae

Roles: pollinated plant, host plant, study subject, understory species, dominant vegetation, indicator species, community member, host, managed species

Ligusticum porteri

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Publications (71)

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

Vegetation structure effect on bird foraging behavior across the summer season in montane wet-meadows

Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

Variation of wasp behavior patterns and pollination behavior on Ligusticum porteri

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

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A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Moist Forests

Co-occurring Species

Ligusticum

Apiaceae

Potentilla gracilis

Potentilla

Potentilla pulcherrima

Erigeron speciosus

Potentilla hippiana

Helianthella

Helianthella quinquenervis

Delphinium barbeyi

Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants

Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient

Advanced phenology of intraguild predators shifts herbivore host plant preference and performance

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

Soil Respiration Response to Rainfall Modulated by Plant Phenology in a Montane Meadow, East River, Colorado, USA

Advanced phenology of higher trophic levels shifts aphid host plant preferences and performance

Does <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> colony size mediate <i>Formica rufa</i> and <i>Tapinoma sessile</i> competition for mutualist aphids

Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

The Effect of Predation on Ant-aphid Mutualism in <i>Ligusticum porteri</i>

The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles

Chemotypic variation in oshá (<i>Ligusticum porteri</i>) in Colorado, USA

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

Effects of Microclimate on the regeneration of Quaking Aspens, <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

Intraspecific variation in traits reduces ability of trait-based models to predict community structure

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

The Role of <i>Castilleja spp.</i> In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.

Effects of phenological stage and temperature on <i>Ligusticum porteriâ€™s</i> volatiles and trophic interactions

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

Effects of Light Environment on Recovery from Harvest and Antibacterial Properties of OshÃ¡ Ligusticum porteri (Apiaceae)

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

Plant community light efficiency: measuring light response as a function of both photosynthesis irradiance.

The effects of light intensity on ant-aphid mutualisms on Osha (Ligusticum porteri).

Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect

Does ant usage vary between the plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>?

Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

Spatial distribution of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

The effect of an introduced predator scent on mule deer (</i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) browsing activities in meadow habitats in Gothic, Colorado

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community