BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Ranunculus pedatifidus | Birdfoot Buttercup 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Birdfoot buttercup is a sparsely to thickly pilose, native, perennial
autotrophic forb with slender fibrous roots.  It has 1 to 10 erect stems
which grow 4 to 16 inches (10-40 cm) tall and one to eight flowers.  The
receptable is ovoid-cylindric; each cluster contains 25 to 85 achenes
[4,7].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Birdfoot buttercup reproduces sexually by pollination and fertilization
and dispersal of resulting seed [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Birdfoot buttercup grows in moist meadows to alpine tundra or open,
rocky soil on windswept ridges, growing best in calcareous regions
[6,7,9].  It occurs at 10,585 feet (3,415 m) in Utah [9], between 7,500
and 12,900 feet (2,280 and 3,930 m) in Colorado, and between 8,000 and
10,500 feet (2,440 and 3,200 m) in Wyoming [2].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Birdfoot buttercup flowers in June and July in the Pacific Northwest
[4].

Related categories for Species: Ranunculus pedatifidus | Birdfoot Buttercup