Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Ranunculus alismifolius
Family
Ranunculaceae
CommonName
water plantain buttercup
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1924
LatestDate
2020
Ecosystem
montane, subalpine, tundra
Geobotanical
SSanjuans
Counties
Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, San Juan
Passes
Bonito, Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, La Manga, Stony, Wolf Creek
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
In the Watershed, Ranunculus alismifolius is found in wet meadows and forest understory, up into the tundra, sometimes in large patches. All records are from the San Juans south of of the Rio Grande (where it barely extends down into Rio Arriba Co of New Mexico, but no farther down the Rio Grande drainage). In Colorado this is mainly a west-slope plant with only the Watershed as a protrusion into the east slope. That protrusion marks the southeast corner of the USA distribution, which is all states west of the Great Plains.