1. Tall Buttercup Usda
2. Tall Buttercup Alberta
3. Tall Buttercup Poisonous
4. Tall Buttercup Flower
5. Tall Buttercup Control
6. Tall Buttercup Uses
7. Tall Buttercup Weed

General Information
Symbol:	RAACF
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK I
Data Source and Documentation

Native	Introduced	Both	Absent/Unreported
Native, No County Data	Introduced, No County Data	Both, No County Data

Tall buttercup is a perennial that reproduces by seeds. Stems are erect, hairy and 1 to 3.5 feet tall, branching at the top. Leaves are alternate, divided into narrow segments and usually three-cleft. Ranunculus acris L. – tall buttercup Variety: Ranunculus acris L. Frigidus Regel – tall buttercup Subordinate Taxa. This plant has no children.

Native Status:
L48	AK	HI	PR	VI	NAV	CAN	GL	SPM	NA

Symbol	Scientific Name
RAGR	Ranunculus grandis Honda
RAGRA	Ranunculus grandis Honda var. austrokurilensis (Tatew.) H. Hara

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 acris L. – tall buttercup
Variety	Ranunculus acris L. var. frigidus Regel – tall buttercup

Noxious Weed Information
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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Montana Ranunculus acris Category 2 noxious weed

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (RAACF)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (RAGR)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (RAGRA)

Related Websites
Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish) (RAACF)
University of Northern British Colombia: image (RAACF)

Food

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Cover

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover

General Information
Symbol:	RAAC3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK I CAN I GL N? L48 I,N SPM I
Data Source and Documentation

Native	Introduced	Both	Absent/Unreported
Native, No County Data	Introduced, No County Data	Both, No County Data

Native Status:
L48	AK	HI	PR	VI	NAV	CAN	GL	SPM	NA

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, VA, Clarendon. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 111. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Tall Buttercup Usda

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 acris L. – tall buttercup

The Plants Database includes the following 3 subspecies of Ranunculus acris . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Tall Buttercup Alberta

Noxious Weed Information
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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Montana Category 2 noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
meadow buttercup This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America Alaska FACW Arid West FACW Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain FACW Eastern Mountains and Piedmont FAC Great Plains FACW Midwest FAC Northcentral & Northeast FAC Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast FAC

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Tall Buttercup Poisonous

Tall Buttercup Flower

Related Websites
Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish) (RAAC3)
University of Northern British Colombia: image (RAAC3)

Food

Tall Buttercup Control

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Tall Buttercup Uses

Cover

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds

Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover

Tall Buttercup Weed