PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus fascicularis (early buttercup)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow
early buttercup

Symbol:

RAFA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

Jennifer Anderson. United States, IL, Rock Island Co., Rock Island, Black Hawk State Park. 2002. Usage Requirements.

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Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

	RAFAA	Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow var. apricus (Greene) Fernald
	RAFAT	Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow var. typicus L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow


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USA (AL, AR, CO, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

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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 fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow – early buttercup

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

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.

Maine:
early crowfoot		Threatened
Maryland:
early buttercup		Endangered
New Hampshire:
early buttercup		Endangered
New Jersey:
early buttercup		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
tufted buttercup		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC-

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow

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 18602.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 10:33 AM MDT