BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Ranunculus gelidus | Arctic Buttercup 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Arctic buttercup is a native perennial autotrophic forb with slender,
fibrous roots.  It grows 1 to 3.5 inches (3-9 cm) tall.  It has one or
two yellow flowers, which bear 30 to 80 achenes in an ovoid-cylindric
cluster 2 to 2.5 mm long [5].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Arctic buttercup reproduces sexually by pollination and fertilization
and propagates by seed [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Arctic buttercup grows above timberline in alpine meadows, alpine tundra
sedge communities, and on talus slopes [5,10].  It has been reported at
13,500 feet (4,355 m) in Colorado [3] and at 10,585 to 11,780 feet
(3,415-3,800 m) in Utah [10].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Ranunculus gelidus | Arctic Buttercup