Yellow Water Buttercup (Ranunculus flabellaris) wildspecies.ca

Secure

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Vascular plants

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Common Names

English common name:

Yellow Water Buttercup

French common name:

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Year	English common name	French common name
2005	Greater Yellow Water-buttercup	Renoncule à évantails
2010	Yellow Water Buttercup	Renoncule à évantails
2015	Yellow Water Buttercup	Renoncule à éventails
2020	Yellow Water Buttercup	Renoncule à éventails

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

PLANTAE

Subkingdom

VIRIDIPLANTAE

Infrakingdom

STREPTOPHYTA

Superphylum

Embryophyta

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Subphylum

Spermatophytina

Superclass

Angiospermae

Class

Magnoliopsida

Superorder

Ranunculanae

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2005	Ranunculus flabellaris	Ranunculaceae	Ranunculales
2010	Ranunculus flabellaris	Ranunculaceae	Ranunculales
2015	Ranunculus flabellaris	Ranunculaceae	Ranunculales
2020	Ranunculus flabellaris	Ranunculaceae	Ranunculales

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2005	Apparently Secure
2010	Apparently Secure
2015	Apparently Secure
2020	Apparently Secure

Original Ranks:

Canada
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Apparently Secure - N4N5
2020	Apparently Secure - N4

Yukon
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Vulnerable - S3S4
2020	Unrankable - SU

Alberta
2005	Not Assessed - 6
2010	Not Assessed - 6
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1

Saskatchewan
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Manitoba
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1

Ontario
2005	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Apparently Secure - S4
2020	Apparently Secure - S4

Quebec
2005	May Be At Risk - 2
2010	May Be At Risk - 2
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3

New Brunswick
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Imperiled - S2
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Nova Scotia
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Prince Edward Island
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present