Participant Info

Species

Ranunculus inamoenus [Ranunculus micropetalus]

Family

Ranunculaceae

CommonName

graceful buttercup

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Cumbres, La Manga, La Veta, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Pinos Creek 10 June 2018

Comments

Along with Ranunculus macauleyi, R. inamoenus is the most commonly collected buttercup from the Watershed, found in wet meadows, marshy flats, forest edges, open rocky slopes, sometimes in association with spruce in the subalpine. This is a Rockies and Intermountain plant that follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico nearly to the border with Mexico, but no farther down the drainage.

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