PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus pensylvanicus (Pennsylvania buttercup)

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Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
Pennsylvania buttercup

Symbol:

RAPE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Edward G. Voss. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

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Distribution:
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

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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 pensylvanicus L. f. – Pennsylvania buttercup

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

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.

Connecticut:
bristly buttercup		Special Concern
Maryland:
bristly crowfoot		Endangered, Extirpated
Massachusetts:
bristly buttercup		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW*

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.

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 18637.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 10:33 AM MDT