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Arcteranthis cooleyae

(Vasey & Rose ex Rose) Greene

Cooley's Buttercup

G5Secure Found in 24 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136512
Element CodePDRAN0S010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderRanunculales
FamilyRanunculaceae
GenusArcteranthis
Synonyms
Kumlienia cooleyae(Vasey & Rose) GreeneRanunculus cooleyaeVasey & Rose
Other Common Names
Renoncule de Cooley (FR)
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
Horandl et al. (2005) and Brouillet et al. (2024) treat this species as Arcteranthis cooleyae. It has also been treated as Kumlienia cooleyae by Kartesz (1994, 1999) and as Ranunculus cooleyae by FNA (vol. 3, 1997).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-05-16
Change Date2010-06-07
Edition Date1991-04-29
Edition AuthorsBroaddus, Lynn
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Not endangered within range, but distribution is limited.
Range Extent Comments
Coast of Alaska and British Columbia, and south into Washington.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Snow banks in coastal areas.
Terrestrial Habitats
Grassland/herbaceousAlpine
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
AlaskaSNRYes
WashingtonS1Yes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (24)
Alaska (22)
AreaForestAcres
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-13Chugach National Forest13,337
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
Douglas IslandTongass National Forest28,065
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Hoonah SoundTongass National Forest79,764
Juneau UrbanTongass National Forest101,581
Juneau-Skagway IcefieldTongass National Forest1,187,268
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
Soda BayTongass National Forest78,091
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
SpiresTongass National Forest533,746
Taku-SnettishamTongass National Forest664,928
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
Washington (2)
AreaForestAcres
Glacier Peak KMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest47,269
Glacier Peak LMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest14,084
References (4)
  1. Brouillet, L., F. Coursol, S. Meades, M. Favreau, and M. Anions. 2024. VASCAN, the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada. Online. Available: http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/ (Accessed 2024).
  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.
  3. Horandl, E., O. Paun, J.T. Johansson, C. Lehnebach, T. Armstrong, L. Chen and P. Lockhart. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary traits in <i>Ranunculus </i>s.l. (Ranunculaceae) inferred from ITS sequence analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 305-327.
  4. 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.