Participant Info

Species

Ranunculus cardiophyllus [Ranunculus nudans] [Ranunculus subsagittatus]

Family

Ranunculaceae

CommonName

heartleaf buttercup

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Middle San Francisco Creek trailhead 29 June 2019

Comments

Heartleaf butterup is usually collected from montane meadows beside streams, sometimes on drying pond edges. In the Watershed it was first recorded in 1900 from west of La Veta Pass, but since then collections have been from the west side of the Valley. The range of Ranunculus cardiophyllus is largely the mountains of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, with isolated occurrence in the Rockies farther north, up to the Idaho panhandle. In New Mexico it extends down the Rio Grande drainage into the middle of the state (continuing no farther down the drainage).

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