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Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

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    Credit: Johann Amman (1707-1741) | Stirpium rariorum in Imperio rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptions collectae ab Ioanne Ammano ... Petropoli, ex typographia Academiae scientiarvm, 1739 (http://www.botanicus...) | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
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  • Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus Repens) https://www.sagebud.com/creeping-buttercup-ranunculus-repens/
    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | photographed by myself | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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    Credit: Original uploader was Wezy at nl.wikipedia | Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here. | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus Repens) https://www.sagebud.com/creeping-buttercup-ranunculus-repens/
    Credit: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:46, 2 August 2006 (UTC) | photographed by myself | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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Ranunculus Repens, or more commonly know as Creeping Buttercup, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) with green foliage and yellow flowers of the genus Ranunculus. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 2 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during mid spring and is tolerant of shade. Ranunculus Repens or Creeping Buttercup's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Ranunculus
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (I) AK (I) HI (I) CAN (I) GL (I) SPM (I)
  • State Noxious Status: MA (P)
  • State Noxious Common Name: MA (creeping buttercup)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: WSWS
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC FACW+
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FAC) 2(FAC) 3(FAC+) 6(FACW+) 8(FACW-) 9(FACW) 0(FACW) A(FAC) H(FAC+)
  • Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
  • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Slow
  • Allelopath: No
  • Bloat: None
  • C:N Ratio: Medium
  • Coppice Potential: No
  • Fall Conspicuous: No
  • Fire Resistance: No
  • Flower Color: Yellow
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
  • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
  • Foliage Texture: Coarse
  • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown
  • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
  • Growth Form: Stoloniferous
  • Growth Rate: Rapid
  • Height Mature (feet): 2
  • Leaf Retention: No
  • Lifespan: Short
  • Low Growing Grass: No
  • Resprout Ability: No
  • Shape and Orientation: Prostrate
  • Toxicity: Moderate
  • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No
  • Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
  • Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
  • Anaerobic Tolerance: Low
  • CaCO3 Tolerance: Low
  • Cold Stratification Required: No
  • Drought Tolerance: Low
  • Fertility Requirement: Medium
  • Frost Free Days Minimum: 120
  • Hedge Tolerance: Medium
  • Moisture Use: Medium
  • pH (Minimum): 5.6
  • pH (Maximum): 7.2
  • Precipitation (Minimum): 19
  • Precipitation (Maximum): 69
  • Root Depth Minimum (inches): 6
  • Salinity Tolerance: None
  • Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
  • Temperature Minimum (°F): -28
  • Bloom Period: Mid Spring
  • Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
  • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
  • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
  • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
  • Propagated by Bare Root: No
  • Propagated by Bulbs: No
  • Propagated by Container: No
  • Propagated by Corms: No
  • Propagated by Cuttings: No
  • Propagated by Seed: Yes
  • Propagated by Sod: No
  • Propagated by Sprigs: No
  • Propagated by Tubers: No
  • Seed per Pound: 28000
  • Seed Spread Rate: Rapid
  • Seedling Vigor: High
  • Small Grain: No
  • Vegetative Spread Rate: Slow


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