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Anemonastrum richardsonii

(Hook.) Mosyakin

Yellow Anemone

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136278

Element CodePDRAN040N0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRanunculales

FamilyRanunculaceae

GenusAnemonastrum

Synonyms

Anemone richardsoniiHook.

Other Common Names

Anémone de Richardson (FR) Richardson's Anemone (EN) yellow thimbleweed (EN) Yellow Thimbleweed (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.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-13

Change Date1987-09-07

Edition Date1987-09-07

Edition AuthorsKLEIN, J.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 to >300

Rank Reasons

210 EOs documented, wide-ranging.

Range Extent Comments

Scattered throughout Alaska, W Alberta, N British Columbia, N Franklin, Keewatin, N Labrador, NE Manitoba, Mackenize, N Quebec, NW Saskatchewan, Yukon.

Occurrences Comments

210+ EOs; 100+ in Alaska, 110+ in Canada [Alta(17), BC(?), Lab/Que(22), Mack(34), Man(2), NWT(42), Sask(2), Yuk(25)].

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Thickets, meadows, snowbeds.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	SU	Yes
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Manitoba	S3	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Alberta	S3	Yes
Ontario	SH	Yes
Saskatchewan	S2	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (14)

Alaska (14)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boston Bar	Chugach National Forest	53,617
Douglas Island	Tongass National Forest	28,065
Freshwater Bay	Tongass National Forest	44,933
Game Creek	Tongass National Forest	54,469
Johnson Pass	Chugach National Forest	152,508
Juneau Urban	Tongass National Forest	101,581
Juneau-Skagway Icefield	Tongass National Forest	1,187,268
Kenai Lake	Chugach National Forest	213,172
Kenai Mountains	Chugach National Forest	306,600
Nellie Juan	Chugach National Forest	713,697
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Rhine	Tongass National Forest	23,010
Roaded Donut	Chugach National Forest	968
Taku-Snettisham	Tongass National Forest	664,928

References (2)

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.
Mosyakin, S.L. 2016. Nomenclatural notes on North American taxa of Anemonastrum and Pulsatilla (Ranunculaceae), with comments on the circumscription of Anemone and related genera. Phytoneuron 2016-76: 1-12.