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§1 Plant — species · Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus macounii Britton
vernacular Macoun's buttercup
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ranunculus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -62 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–276 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Moderate
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 680,400
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 24 of 56 Montana counties.
Native · 24 counties
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RAMA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3033430 ↗Record version
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