PLANTS Profile for Ranunculus aquatilis (white water crowfoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Ranunculus aquatilis L.
white water crowfoot

Symbol:

RAAQ

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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William & Wilma Follette. 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 aquatilis L.

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Synonyms:
Ranunculus aquatilis L.

	BAAQ	Batrachium aquatile (L.) Dumort.
	RAAQH	Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. hispidulus E. Drew
	RAAQT	Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. typicus L.D. Benson
	RATRH	Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix var. hispidulus (E. Drew) W. Drew

Distribution:
Ranunculus aquatilis L.


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USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC, NT)

Related Taxa:
Ranunculus aquatilis L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 93 species in Ranunculus

Classification:
Ranunculus aquatilis L.

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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 aquatilis L. – white water crowfoot

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ranunculus aquatilis L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ranunculus aquatilis L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18581.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 01:58 AM CDT