This tall short-lived monocarpic perennial occurs mostly in base-rich wetlands of northeastern states and adjacent Canada. It extends south to the glacial border in Ind. (Dearborn Co.) and Ohio (Hamilton Co.; D. Boone, pers. comm.), and rarely into the central and southern Appalachians (K, W). The only verified record from Ky. is a coll. by J. Thieret from the Ohio Rv. bottomland in BRAC (KNK) during the 1970s, but he could not relocate the plants in later years. There are also old unverified reports by McMurtrie (1819), supposedly in the Louisville area, and by Short (1840): from "borders of Rock-Castle River, and other mountainous situations." The plant is relatively edible and lacks significant toxicity (except perhaps in roots). There was probably also much herbal use by native peoples and early settlers (e.g. Lewis 2002; see also Wikipedia). This species was likely eradicated in Ky. after settlement by disturbance of its marshy habitat plus direct consumption by livestock and humans. The whole genus Angelica has an ancient history of medicinal and herbal use, with active compounds including coumarins, acetylenics, chalcones, sesquiterpenes and polysaccharides (Sarker & Nahar 2004).