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Ranunculus acris

Tall Buttercup

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150179

Element CodePDRAN0L030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRanunculales

FamilyRanunculaceae

GenusRanunculus

Other Common Names

Renoncule âcre (FR) tall buttercup (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 3, 1997) does not recognize infrataxa in Ranunculus acris. "Rhizomatous plants with large flowers found in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and in Greenland are probably native. Aleutian populations of this form have been called R. acris var. frigidus Regel or R. grandis Honda var. austrokurilensis (Tatewaki) H. Hara. Both names were originally applied to Asiatic plants, and their applicability to American specimens is open to question" (FNA vol. 3, 1997).

Conservation Status

Review Date1995-07-25

Change Date1995-07-25

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No

United StatesN1

Province	Rank	Native
Maine	SNA	No
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Iowa	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Illinois	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNR	Yes
Virginia	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNA	No
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
California	SNR	Yes
Kansas	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Maryland	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNA	No
Missouri	SNR	Yes
Nebraska	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Delaware	SNA	No
Ohio	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
Vermont	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Nevada	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNA	No
Georgia	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Utah	SNR	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (59)

Alaska (26)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bering Lake	Chugach National Forest	965,076
Boston Bar	Chugach National Forest	53,617
Chichagof	Tongass National Forest	555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn Canal	Tongass National Forest	199,772
Copper River Wetlands	Chugach National Forest	85,972
Douglas Island	Tongass National Forest	28,065
Johnson Pass	Chugach National Forest	152,508
Juneau Urban	Tongass National Forest	101,581
Juneau-Skagway Icefield	Tongass National Forest	1,187,268
Karta	Tongass National Forest	52,117
Keku	Tongass National Forest	10,869
Kenai Lake	Chugach National Forest	213,172
Kenai Mountains	Chugach National Forest	306,600
Madan	Tongass National Forest	68,553
Mansfield Peninsula	Tongass National Forest	54,991
North Baranof	Tongass National Forest	314,089
North Wrangell	Tongass National Forest	8,091
Redoubt	Tongass National Forest	68,347
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Rhine	Tongass National Forest	23,010
Roaded Donut	Chugach National Forest	968
Sheridan Glacier	Chugach National Forest	224,683
Sitka Urban	Tongass National Forest	112,003
Taku-Snettisham	Tongass National Forest	664,928
Twenty Mile	Chugach National Forest	198,775
Windham-Port Houghton	Tongass National Forest	161,952

Minnesota (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Brule Lake - Eagle Mountain	Superior National Forest	12,380
Cabin Creek	Superior National Forest	6,071
Phantom Lake	Superior National Forest	6,521
Wood Lake	Superior National Forest	596

Montana (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Buckhorn Ridge (MT)	Kootenai National Forest	34,716
Cabinet Face East #671	Kootenai National Forest	50,326
Snowcrest Mountain	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	97,649
Upper East Fork	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	8,905

New Hampshire (10)

Area	Forest	Acres
Carr Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	17,110
Dartmouth Range	White Mountain National Forest	9,233
Great Gulf Ext.	White Mountain National Forest	15,110
Jobildunk	White Mountain National Forest	3,660
Kilkenny	White Mountain National Forest	28,766
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999
Pemigewasset	White Mountain National Forest	32,255
Pemigewasset Ext	White Mountain National Forest	15,840
Presidential - Dry River Ext	White Mountain National Forest	10,555
Wild River	White Mountain National Forest	46,878

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tusquitee Bald	Nantahala National Forest	13,670

Vermont (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bread Loaf	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	1,768
Devil's Den 09083	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	9,169
Griffith Lake 09084	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	1,833
Wilder Mountain 09082	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	8,759
Woodford 09086	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	2,456

Washington (7)

Area	Forest	Acres
Canyon Creek	Wenatchee National Forest	7,983
Green Mountain	Olympic National Forest	4,617
Heather Lake	Wenatchee National Forest	10,628
Long Swamp	Okanogan National Forest	66,344
Mt. Baker North	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	16,873
Mt. Baker West	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	25,390
Mt. Baldy	Olympic National Forest	3,557

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Seneca Creek	Monongahela National Forest	22,287

Wisconsin (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
09182 - Pentoga Road	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	5,008

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 1997. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 3. Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiii + 590 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.