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Ranunculus gmelinii
Ranunculus gmelinii (Small Yellow water Crowfoot) growing in an old beaver channel in a shrub carr. Water depth is from 1 to 3 feet deep. This particular patch has been known to me since 1992 which shows that despite its delicate appearance it is a long-lived species. These plants are tough in other ways, too. In the winter they can freeze solid in the ice only to begin regrowing once thawed. If the water in which they are growing begins to dry up they can adapt to living on the damp mud. Flowers are yellow with five, sometimes more, tepals and are sweetly scented.
''Ranunculus gmelinii'', Gmelin's buttercup or small yellow water-crowfoot, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs across Canada and the northern and higher-elevation regions of the United States. It is also present in Eurasia.
This species is a perennial herb growing prostrate stems on moist ground or floating stems in shallow water. It is hairy to hairless. The leaf blades are round or kidney-shaped.. more
