PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus micranthus (rock buttercup)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.
rock buttercup

Symbol:

RAMI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

	RAMIC	Ranunculus micranthus Nutt. var. cymbalistes (Greene) Fernald
	RAMID	Ranunculus micranthus Nutt. var. delitescens (Greene) Fernald

Distribution:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Ranunculus L. – buttercup
Species	Ranunculus micranthus Nutt. – rock buttercup

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
tiny-flowered buttercup		Endangered
New York:
small-flowered crowfoot		Threatened
Rhode Island:
small-flowered crowfoot		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC-

FAC

FACU

FACU+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus micranthus Nutt.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18628.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 07:19 PM MDT