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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Ranunculaceae	Aconitum	Monkshood, Aconite
Ranunculaceae	Aconitum fischeri
Ranunculaceae	Aconitum noveboracense	New York Monkshood	Streambanks, rocky forests.	NY; OH; driftless area of sw. WI and ne. IA.
Ranunculaceae	Aconitum reclinatum	White Monkshood, Trailing Wolfsbane, White Aconite	Rich cove forests, particularly along brookbanks, in seepages, and in periglacial boulderfields with seepage, primarily over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, or greenstone), rarely over sandstone or granitic rocks.	A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic: sw. PA, w. VA and e. WV south to w. NC and ne. TN.
Ranunculaceae	Aconitum uncinatum	Eastern Blue Monkshood, Appalachian Blue Monkshood	Seepages, saturated swamps, cove forests, other moist forests.	C. MD and sw. PA south to e. VA, e. NC, wc. GA, and c. TN; disjunct in sc. MO (Yatskievych 2013).
Ranunculaceae	Actaea	Baneberry
Ranunculaceae	Actaea pachypoda	White Baneberry, Dolls'-eyes, White Cohosh	Rich cove forests and slopes.	QC and MN south to c. GA, FL Panhandle, s. AL, s. MS, e. LA, and OK.
Ranunculaceae	Actaea podocarpa	Mountain Black-cohosh, Late Black-cohosh	Rich cove forests and slopes, at moderate to high elevations.	Endemic to the Southern and Central Appalachians: s. PA to w. NC, ne. GA, and e. TN; disjunct in nw. Illinois (Driftless Area) (P. Marcum, pers.comm., 2023).
Ranunculaceae	Actaea racemosa	Common Black-cohosh, Early Black-cohosh	Rich cove forests, other mesic and moderately to very fertile forests.	Primarily Appalachian: w. MA south to SC and c. GA, but extending e. into the Coastal Plain and west to OH, IN, MO, and AR.
Ranunculaceae	Actaea rubifolia	Appalachian Black-cohosh	Rich cove forests over calcareous rocks (limestone or dolostone), westwards in shaded sandstone ravines.	Sw. VA south to e. TN; disjunct in s. IL, w. KY, nw. TN, and nc. AL.
Ranunculaceae	Actaea rubra	Red Baneberry	Moist forests.	NL to AK, south to ec. NJ (Monmouth Co.), sc. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007), OH, IN, IL, IA, ne. KS, NM, AZ, and CA.
Ranunculaceae	Adonis	Adonis
Ranunculaceae	Adonis annua	Autumn Adonis, Bird's-eye, Pheasant’s-eye, Blood-drops	Disturbed areas, formerly especially as a weed in grain fields.	Native of Eurasia. Naturalized in n. AL and sc. TN (Parfitt in FNA 1997).
Ranunculaceae	Anemonastrum	Anemonastrum
Ranunculaceae	Anemonastrum canadense	Meadow Anemone, Canada Anemone	Moist forests, woodlands, moist prairies.	QC west to AB, south to MD, w. VA, s. WV, e. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), KY, MO, and NM.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone	Anemone
Ranunculaceae	Anemone berlandieri	Eastern Prairie Anemone, Ten-petal Anemone	Thin, circumneutral soils around rock outcrops, calcareous glades, calcareous hammocks (in FL), calcareous bluffs, chalk outcrops & thin-soiled black-belt prairies, lawns and mowed roadsides (over calcareous soils).	A. berlandieri is primarily a species of midwestern prairies, occurring from n. AR and s. KS south through OK to c. LA and s. TX; disjunct eastward in AL, c. GA, n. FL, c. NC, c. SC, and sc. VA. It reaches its northeastern limit (and only VA occurrence) at calcareous mudstone cliffs on the Banister River (Pittsylvania County); it is scattered in the Piedmont of NC on a variety of rock types, including mafic meta-argillite and plagioclase-rich granite.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone blanda	Greek Anemone, Grecian Windflower	Garden escape.	Reported by Harvill et al. (1992) from Madison County, VA and for Fauquier County, VA as "an escape" by Shetler & Orli (2000). It is not known whether this species is truly naturalized in our area.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone caroliniana	Prairie Anemone, Carolina Anemone	Clayey soils of post oak and blackjack oak woodlands (Iredell soils), calcareous glades and barrens, wet meadows.	Wc. IN, n. IL, WI, MN, and SD south to s. LA and e. and c. TX; disjunct east of the Mississippi River in c. NC south to s. GA, and c. TN south to s. AL.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone coronaria
Ranunculaceae	Anemone cylindrica	Thimbleweed, Candle Anemone	Prairies and woodlands.	ME, QC, and BC, south to n. NJ, c. PA, c. OH, c. IN, s. IL, w. MO, ne. KS, CO, NM, and AZ.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone edwardsiana		Limestone ledges and boulders.	Endemic to TX, Edwards Plateau west to trans-Pecos, east into the Balcones Escarpment areas along our border in Travis, Hays, Comal, and Bexar counties).
Ranunculaceae	Anemone lancifolia	Lanceleaf Anemone	Rich, moist soils on slopes or in bottomlands.	W. MD and n. WV south to n. GA, in and near the Appalachians.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone minima	Tiny Anemone	Acidic forests, acid moist areas, such as under Alnus serrulata along small streams.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: VA and WV south to NC and TN.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone quinquefolia	Wood Anemone	Rich, moist forests, grassy balds, often abundant at high elevations.	NL, QC, ON, MB, SK, and AB south to SC, GA, AL, MS, AR, and ne. SD.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone ranunculoides	Yellow Woodland Anemone	Rich moist forests.	Native of Europe. See Brock (2020) for additional detail about the naturalization of this species in Bourbon County, KY.
Ranunculaceae	Anemone virginiana var. alba		Calcareous rocks and woodlands.	This variety ranges south to se. NY and n. NJ. Reports form PA are based on misidentifications (S. Grund, pers.comm., 2023).
Ranunculaceae	Anemone virginiana var. virginiana	Tall Anemone, Thimbleweed	Rich forests and woodlands, prairies, especially prevalent on circumneutral soils.	NL (Newfoundland), ME, s. ON, and SK, south to GA, AL, MS, LA, OK, and WY.
Ranunculaceae	Aquilegia	Columbine
Ranunculaceae	Aquilegia canadensis	Canada Columbine, Eastern Columbine	Forests, woodlands, rock outcrops, especially (though by no means entirely) on calcareous or mafic substrates.	NS, QC, ON, MB, and SK south to Panhandle FL, s. AL, ne. MS (Tishomingo County), w. TN, c. AR, and se. OK; disjunct in Edwards Plateau of TX.
Ranunculaceae	Aquilegia vulgaris	European Columbine, Garden Columbine	Disturbed areas, recently appearing in natural areas (such as grassy balds, in thin soils around rock outcrops).	Native of Europe. Many varieties have been named; there seems little utility in trying to apply these names to the cultivated plants (often cultivars) rarely persistent or weakly naturalized in our area.
Ranunculaceae	Caltha	Marsh Marigold, Cowslip
Ranunculaceae	Caltha palustris var. palustris	Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, Meadow Gowan, Buttercup, Kingcup, Cowflock	Bogs, wet meadows, seepage swamps, brookbanks.	Caltha palustris is circumboreal, widespread in n. Eurasia and n. North America, south in e. North America to e. VA, w. NC, ne. TN, WV, IN, IL, IA, and NE.
Ranunculaceae	Ceratocephala	Bur-buttercup
Ranunculaceae	Ceratocephala testiculata	Bur-Buttercup, Sage-Buttercup	Gravel parking lots, other open disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis	Clematis, Virgin's-bower
Ranunculaceae	Clematis ×jackmanii
Ranunculaceae	Clematis addisonii	Addison's Leatherflower	Dry to mesic calcareous barrens, woodlands, and forests, over dolostone (Elbrook Formation).	Endemic to w. VA (Botetourt, Montgomery, Roanoke, and Rockbridge counties).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis albicoma	White-haired Leatherflower	Shale barrens.	Endemic to w. VA (Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Highland, and Rockbridge counties), and e. WV.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis arenicola	West Gulf Leatherflower	Deep sandy soils of dry longleaf pine woodlands, sandy prairies, pine-oak savannas and woodlands.	A West Gulf Coastal Plain endemic, of w. LA, e. TX, and sw. AR.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis baldwinii	Pine-hyacinth, Flatwood Clematis	Wet pine flatwoods.	Ne. FL south to s. FL.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis beadlei	Beadle's Leatherflower	Thickets, streamsides.	Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain on NC, SC, and GA.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis carrizoensis	Carrizo Sands Leatherflower, Sand Clematis	Post oak savannas, margins of post oak woodlands, and sandy prairies in the Carrizo Sands.	Endemic to the Carrizo Sands, in ne. TX (Cherokee, Henderson, Smith, and Van Zandt counties) (Estes 2006; Carr 2016).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis catesbyana	Coastal Virgin's-bower, Satin-curls	Dunes and interdune swales with abundant shell hash, calcareous woodlands, thickets, and glades, calcareous hammocks.	Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL and west to LA, and inland especially in calcareous parts of c. KY, c. TN and n. AR and s. MO, as well as in the Ridge and Valley of VA and disjunct at Linville Caverns, McDowell County, NC, where on dolomite in a geologic window in the Blue Ridge.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis coactilis	Virginia White-haired Leatherflower	Shale barrens, shaly woodlands, dry calcareous barrens and woodlands.	Endemic to w. VA (Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, and Wythe counties).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis crispa	Marsh Clematis, Southern Leatherflower, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine	Marshes, tidal and non-tidal swamps, floodplain forests, disturbed wet or moist areas.	FL to TX, north to se. VA and s. IL.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis cumberlandensis	Cumberland Leatherflower	River-scour grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands over sandstone, also on limestone bluffs and mesic coves.	Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Highland Rim, and rarely Central Basin of TN.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis drummondii	Texas Virgin's-bower, Old-man's-beard, Barbas de Chivato	Sandy or rocky areas.	S. OK, NM, and AZ, south to s. TX and c. Mexico.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis fremontii	Fremont’s Leatherflower	Calcareous flatwoods and limestone or dolomite glades.	E. MO, s. MO, nc. KS and sc. NE; disjunct in the Ridge and Valley of nw. GA (Floyd County) and se. TN (Hamilton County)
Ranunculaceae	Clematis glaucophylla	White-leaved Leatherflower	Dry rocky river bluffs, scrub-shrub over xeric alluvial deposits and fluvial sand ridges, wet hammocks (FL).	Widespread in Southeastern United States, from se. TN and OK, south to FL Panhandle, LA, and TX, but apparently rare and poorly known. Previous attributions of this species for NC, SC, and (perhaps) VA appear to be based on misidentifications.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis lanuginosa
Ranunculaceae	Clematis ligusticifolia	Traveler's-joy	Waifs around old ports.	Native of w. North America.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis morefieldii	Morefield's Leatherflower, Huntsville Vasevine	On vertical limestone exposures, along seasonal washes in open calcareous woodlands.	Endemic to nc. AL, se. TN, and nw. GA.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis	Purple Clematis, Mountain Clematis	Rocky slopes over mafic rocks (greenstone, amphibolite), known positively in NC only from amphibolite peaks in Ashe County.	Var. occidentalis is widespread in ne. North America, from NB west to w. ON, south to NJ, DE, OH, nw. IL, and ne. IA, and in the mountains to w. VA and w. NC.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis ochroleuca	Curlyheads	Dry woodlands and woodland borders, generally over mafic or calcareous rocks, such as diabase, gabbro, or calcareous siltstone.	Primarily Piedmont: C. MD south to ec. GA; disjunct on Long Island, NY.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis ouachitensis	Ouachita Leatherflower	River-scour shrublands and woodlands over sandstone or shale.	Endemic to the southern Ouachita Mountains of sw. AR and se. OK.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis pitcheri var. pitcheri	Bellflower Leatherflower	Limestone glades and barrens.	IN, IL, IA, and e. NE south to w. KY, c. TN, ne. MS, AR, TX, and NM.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis reticulata	Netleaf Leatherflower	Dry, sandy woodlands, such as longleaf pine sandhills and dry hammocks.	Se. SC south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. MS.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis socialis	Alabama Leatherflower	Wet calcareous flatwoods.	Nw. GA (Floyd Co.) and ne. AL (St. Clair and Cherokee counties). Recently discovered in Piedmont of GA (the population needing additional study).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis species 10	Gattinger's Leatherflower
Ranunculaceae	Clematis species 11
Ranunculaceae	Clematis species 6	Blackbelt Leatherflower	Blackbelt prairies.	Blackbelt region of AL.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis species 7	Oostanaula Leatherflower		Extreme se. TN south to nw. GA.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis species 8	Ware's Leatherflower		GA and AL.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis subreticulata	Alabama Leatherflower	Rocky pine-oak woodlands, montane longleaf pine savannas, sandstone river-scour shrublands, xeric sandstone outcrop and glades, sandy bluffs and river banks.	Sc. TN, ne. MS, c. and n. AL, and wc. GA.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis terminalis	Pine Mountain Leatherflower	Ridgetop woodlands.	Endemic to Pine Mountain, GA.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis terniflora	Sweet Autumn Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis, "Clemathy-vine"	Disturbed areas.	Native of e. Asia (Japan, China, Korea).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis texensis	Scarlet Clematis, Red Leatherflower	In oak-juniper woodlands in mesic rocky limestone canyons or along perennial streams.	Endemic to Edwards Plateau region of c. TX, and immediately adjoining areas.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis versicolor	Pale Leatherflower	Rocky, calcareous woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs.	Sc. KY, c. TN, nc. AL (Barger et al. 2019); Ozarks and Ouachitas of s. MO, n. and c. AR, and e. OK. Records from e. TX, e. TN, and MS are misidentifications.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis vinacea	Ocoee Leatherflower, Wine-colored Leatherflower	Rocky calcareous woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs.	Endemic to se. TN (Polk County) and adjacent GA (Murray County).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis viorna	Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine	Mesic forests, woodlands, thickets, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks.	PA, IL, and MO south to GA and AR.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis virginiana	Virgin's-bower	In a wide variety of moist forests, thickets, and openings.	Nova Scotia, ON, and MB, south to wc. peninsular FL and TX.
Ranunculaceae	Clematis vitalba	Traveler’s Joy	Disturbed areas, persistent after cultivation.	Native of Mediterranean Europe, w. Asia, and n. Africa. Reported for Baltimore County, MD (Kartesz 2010).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis viticaulis	Millboro Leatherflower	Shale barrens and shaly woodlands.	Endemic to w. VA (Bath and Rockbridge counties).
Ranunculaceae	Clematis viticella	Italian Clematis, European Purple Clematis	Disturbed areas, persistent after cultivation.	Native of Mediterranean Europe. Reported for TN (Small 1913a; Pringle in FNA 1997).
Ranunculaceae	Coptis	Goldthread
Ranunculaceae	Coptis trifolia	Goldthread, Goldenroot, Three-leaved Goldthread	Bogs, northern hardwood forests.	Greenland west to AK, south to NJ, nw. NC, n. IN, IA, and BC; e. Asia. Coptis had been reported for NC by many floras (for instance, C, F, G, and S), but the documentation was unknown; its presence in NC was confirmed by P. McMillan.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium	Larkspur
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium ajacis	Rocket Larkspur, Garden Larkspur	Roadsides, fields, waste places, disturbed ground.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium alabamicum	Alabama Larkspur	Limestone prairies and glades.	Endemic to c. and n. AL and (allegedly) nw. GA (Chattooga County). See Taxonomy Comments.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum	Glade Larkspur, Limestone Larkspur, Tennessee Larkspur	Limestone glades and barrens.	KY south through e. and c. TN to ne. AL and nw. GA.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium carolinianum ssp. carolinianum	Ozark Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur	Rocky woodlands, granite outcrops, Altamaha Grit outcrops, blackland prairies, calcareous glades, moist sandy woodlands associated with longleaf pine.	IL west to e. KS, south to LA and TX, with disjunct occurrences eastward in SC, GA, AL, Panhandle FL (Gadsden County), and MS; questionably reported for c. TN. The flowers are a pale to medium blue. This species has been reported for NC (by C) and ‘north to Va.’ (by F and S). I know of no documentation for its past or present occurrence in NC or VA, but its presence in those states is plausible.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum	Pineywoods Larkspur, Texas Larkspur	Grasslands, coastal prairies, longleaf pine sandhills.	Sw. AR south to MS , e. and w. LA, s. TX, and Mexico (CHH, COA, and TAM).
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens	Plains Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur	Prairies, glades, ledges.	MB, MN, WI, w. IL, e. MO, sw. AR and e. TX, westwards to ND, SD, NE, CO, and AZ.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium consolida	Royal Larkspur, Forking Larkspur, Larkheel	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Also known from DC and to be expected in VA.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium exaltatum	Tall Larkspur	Dry to moist soils over calcareous (such as dolostone, especially Elbrook Formation) or mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, greenstone, and diabase), usually in the open (as grassy balds) or on forest edges in partial sun.	Sw. PA and OH southwest to MO and e. TN, and south to the Mountains of VA and the Mountains and Piedmont of NC.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium madrense	Edwards Plateau Larkspur	Calcareous slopes in oak/juniper woodlands and openings.	C. TX and Trans-Pecos TX, south to Mexiso (COA, NLE, and TAM). Barely entering or in the border zone of) our region in Bexar County, TX.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium newtonianum	Newton's Larkspur, Ozark Larkspur, Moore's Delphinium	Forested slopes.	Endemic to the Interior Highlands of AR.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium pubescens	Hairy Larkspur	Disturbed areas, perhaps only a waif after cultivation.	Native of sw. Europe and nw. Africa. Naturalized in s. TN (Warnock in FNA 1997).
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium tenuissimum		Roadsides, railroads.	Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium treleasei	Trelease's Larkspur	Limestone and dolomite glades, especially on Cotter Formation dolomite.	Endemic to sw. MO and nw. AR (Ozark Plateau).
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium tricorne	Dwarf Larkspur	Rich, moist forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, less commonly (as along the Roanoke River in ne. NC) on very fertile alluvial deposits, moist prairies.	Sw. PA and MN south to NC, nw. GA, AL, and OK.
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium wootonii	Wooton's Larkspur	Oak woodlands.	C. TX (east to Bexar, Comal, and Hays counties [Kartesz 2022]) west to s. CO, s. AZ, and nw. Mexico.
Ranunculaceae	Eranthis	Winter-aconite
Ranunculaceae	Eranthis hyemalis	Winter-aconite	Cultivated in gardens, sometimes persisting or escaped near gardens.	Native of Eurasia.
Ranunculaceae	Ficaria	Lesser Celandine
Ranunculaceae	Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia	Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup	Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, ditches, stream- and river-banks, naturalized from horticultural plantings.	Native of ec. and se. Europe. Naturalized in the US in CT, DE, DC, IL, KY, MD, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WA, WV, WI (Post et al. 2009), and beyond in the years since.
Ranunculaceae	Ficaria verna ssp. chrysocephala	Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup	Disturbed areas.	Native of e. Mediterranean Europe. Naturalized in the US in MD, NY, OR, WA (Post et al. 2009).
Ranunculaceae	Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis	Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup	Disturbed areas.	Native of w. Europe. Naturalized in the US in DC, IL, MD, MA, NY, PA, WA, WV (Post et al. 2009).
Ranunculaceae	Ficaria verna ssp. ficariiformis	Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup	Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings.	Native of c. and w. Mediterranean Europe. First reported for NC by Krings et al. (2005). Naturalized in the US in MO, NY, NC, OH, PA, TX (Post et al. 2009).
Ranunculaceae	Ficaria verna ssp. verna	Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup	Disturbed rich forests and bottomlands, mesic suburban forests, lawns, naturalized locally from horticultural plantings.	Native of Europe. Naturalized in the US in CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, VA, WA, WV (Post et al. 2009).
Ranunculaceae	Halerpestes
Ranunculaceae	Halerpestes cymbalaria	Seaside Crowfoot	Brackish to salt marshes, and also in freshwater habitats outside of our area.	Circumboreal, in Eurasia and n. North America, south in e. North America to s. NJ, in w. North America widespread in montane areas, extending into Mexico and disjunct in South America.
Ranunculaceae	Helleborus	Hellebore, Christmas-rose
Ranunculaceae	Helleborus foetidus	Stinking Hellebore, Dungwort	Cultivated in gardens, seeding down and spreading locally near plantings.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Helleborus niger	Christmas-rose, Black Hellebore	Cultivated, rarely escaped or persistent.	Native of n. Italy and adjacent areas. Spreading locally from cultivation (Zomlefer et al. 2018).
Ranunculaceae	Helleborus viridis	Green Hellebore, Christmas-rose, Lenten-rose	Cultivated in gardens, seeding down, escaped, persistent, and sometimes spreading aggressively near plantings.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Hepatica	Hepatica, Liverleaf
Ranunculaceae	Hepatica acutiloba	Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Liverleaf	Moist forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks.	ME, s. QC, s. ON, and MN south to SC, AL, MS (Tishomingo County), and AR.
Ranunculaceae	Hepatica americana	Round-lobed Hepatica, Round-lobed Liverleaf	Moist forests.	NS, s. QC, s. ON, and MB south to Panhandle FL, AL, MS, and AR.
Ranunculaceae	Isopyrum
Ranunculaceae	Isopyrum biternatum	Isopyrum, False Rue-anemone	Rich forests, either on natural levees with very nutrient rich sediments or on slopes with underlying mafic or calcareous rocks.	Mainly west of the Appalachians, W. NY, s. ON and MN south to TN, ne. MS (Tishomingo County), and AR; disjunct east and south of the Blue Ridge in VA, NC, SC, the FL Panhandle, and s. AL. Buckingham, Singhurst, & Paez (2020) discussed its distribution in Texas.
Ranunculaceae	Myosurus	Mousetail
Ranunculaceae	Myosurus minimus	Mousetail	Usually in disturbed areas, such as fields in floodplains.	The species is circumboreal and also found in various places in the Southern Hemisphere. Widely distributed in North America, Eurasia, and the Southern Hemisphere. The pre-Columbian occurrence of Myosurus in parts of our area (such as the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the Atlantic states) is uncertain; it may well be an alien, early introduced from more western parts of se. North America.
Ranunculaceae	Nigella	Fennel-flower
Ranunculaceae	Nigella arvensis
Ranunculaceae	Nigella damascena	Love-in-a-Mist, Fennel-Flower	Cultivated in gardens, rarely persistent or escaping.	Native of s. Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Nigella sativa	Black-Cumin
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculaceae	Buttercup Family
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus	Buttercup, Crowfoot, Spearwort
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus abortivus	Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Early Wood Buttercup	Bottomland and other moist forests, low fields, disturbed areas, lawns, roadsides.	NL (Labrador) to AK, south to FL, TX, and CO.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus acris var. acris	Tall Buttercup, Bitter Buttercup	Pastures, fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus allegheniensis	Allegheny Buttercup, Mountain Crowfoot	Cove forests, rich forested slopes, sometimes in drier forests on calcareous or mafic substrates.	MA west to OH, south to w. NC and ne. TN, an Appalachian endemic.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus ambigens	Water-plantain Crowfoot, Water-plantain Spearwort	Marshes, swampy forests, ditches.	ME west to MN, south to VA, NC, ne. TN, w. TN, and LA.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus arvensis	Corn Crowfoot, Hungerweed	Fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus bulbosus	Bulbous Buttercup, St. Anthony’s Turnip	Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus caricetorum	Northern Swamp Buttercup, Marsh Buttercup	Swampy forests and marshes.	NB west to s. MB, south to NJ, n. VA, s. OH, and s. MO; reports of this species farther south are probably in error.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus fascicularis	Thick-root Buttercup, Early Buttercup	Wet flats with prairie affinities (with Camassia scilloides), rocky barrens and glades over mafic rocks (such as gabbro or diabase), ultramafic outcrop barrens (over olivine), limestone barrens, prairies, oak savannas.	MA and NY west to s. ON, MN, and se. MB, south to c. NC, nc. SC, sw. GA, and e. TX; occurrences which are both south of New England and east of the Appalachians are scattered and disjunct.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus flabellaris	Yellow Water Crowfoot	Pools in floodplains of small stream swamps, ponds, borrow pits, other stagnant or slowly moving waters.	ME west to BC, south to ne. NC, KY, IN, IL, LA, OK, UT, and CA.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis	Greater Creeping Spearwort	Sandy and muddy shores.	NL west to AK, south to e. PA, WI, MN, ND, NM, AZ, and CA.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus flammula var. reptans	Creeping Spearwort	Shallow water.	Circumboreal, south in North America to NJ, WV, MI, MN, and WY.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus harveyi var. harveyi	Harvey's Buttercup, Harvey's Crowfoot	Forests, savannas, shaley bluffs, and prairies, mostly on acidic substrates.	IN, IL, MO, and OK south to TN, AL, and LA.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus hederaceus	Ivy-leaved Water Crowfoot, Longstalked Crowfoot	Coastal brackish marshes, other circumneutral marshes.	Se. PA south to SC on the Coastal Plain; disjunct in NL (Newfoundland); also in Europe. Perhaps questionable whether native in North America, though considered native by most authors, including Wiegleb, Bobrov, & Zalewska-Gałosz (2017).
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus hispidus	Hispid Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup	Rich moist forests, creekbanks, mesic to dry woodlands and forests, bottomlands.	MA and VT west to s. ON, n. IL, and se. KS, south to e. and c. NC, s. GA, s. AL, AR, and ne. OK.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus laxicaulis	Coastal Plain Spearwort, Mississippi Buttercup	Marshes, swamps, tidal cypress swamps.	DE south to sw. GA, Panhandle FL (L. Anderson, pers.comm., 2021), west to e. TX, inland in the interior to w. TN, s. IN, s. IL, MO, and KS, almost entirely on the southeastern Coastal Plain.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus lingua	Greater Spearwort	On ballast in a seaport.	Native of Eurasia.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus longirostris	White Water Crowfoot	Submerged in streams and spring ponds.	Sw. QC west to SK, ID, and OR, south to DE, VA, KY, nc. TN, AL, AR, TX, NM, and AZ.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus macranthus	Showy Buttercup	Damp ground.	TX south into Mexico.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus marginatus var. trachycarpus	St. Martin’s Buttercup	Moist, disturbed areas, roadsides.	Native of w. Asia.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus micranthus	Small-flowered Buttercup, Rock Buttercup	Rich bottomland forests, also upslope on mesic to dry forests and rock outcrops over mafic or calcareous substrates.	MA west to SD, south to e. VA, c. NC, sc. TN, WV, OH, and OK.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus muricatus	Roughseed Buttercup	Ditches and marshes.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus parviflorus	Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus pensylvanicus	Bristly Buttercup, Bristly Crowfoot	Wet meadows, floodplains.	NL (Newfoundland) west to AK, south to s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007), DE, DC, MD (Whittemore in FNA 1997), WV, OH, n. IN, n. IL, MN, and AZ.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus platensis		Lawns, ditches.	Native of South America. Reported for Beaufort, Berkeley, Lee, and Orangeburg counties, SC (Bradley et al. [in prep.]).
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus pusillus	Low Spearwort, Small Spearwort	Marshes, ditches, other wet habitats.	S. NY south to c. peninsular FL, west to c. TX, north in the interior to OH, IN, and MO.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus	Hooked Buttercup, Hooked Crowfoot	Bottomland forests, cove forests, swamps, mesic slope forests.	ME and QC west to MN, south to sw. GA, MS, and OK.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup, Meg-many-feet	Low meadows, disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus sardous	Sardinian Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup	Low fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus	Cursed Buttercup, Celery-leaf Crowfoot	Marshes, ditches, and stream margins.	The species is circumboreal, ranging south in North America (partly introduced, at least southward) to n. FL, LA, TX, and CA.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus septentrionalis	Carolina Buttercup	Swamp forests, wet woodlands, open marshy wetlands.	NY west to s. ON, WI, and MN, south to n. peninsular FL, LA, and e. TX.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus subrigidus	White Water Crowfoot	Lakes, ponds, and streams with calcareous waters.	NL west to AK, south to CT, MI, KS, TX, CA, CHH; also in Asia east to nw. Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus trichophyllus	Threadleaf Water-crowfoot, White Water-crowfoot	Pools, slow-moving water.	Circumboreal, south in North America to VA, c. TN, IL, IA, NE, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico.
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus trilobus		Fields, roadsides, ditches.	Native of sw. Europe.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum	Meadow-rue
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum amphibolum	Skunk Meadowrue, Waxy Meadowrue	Mesic to dry forests, woodlands, barrens, and prairies, over hornblende, greenstone, dolostone, and serpentinized olivine.	QC and ON south to n. FL, LA, and TX, and scattered southwest to CO, NV, and AZ.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum arkansanum	Arkansas Meadowrue	Bottomland forests, especially calcareous, sometimes in mesic or submesic upland situations.	Endemic to AR, se. OK, and ne. TX.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum clavatum	Lady-rue, Mountain Meadowrue	Seepages, moist forests, spray cliffs at waterfalls, brookbanks.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: VA, WV, e. KY south through w. NC and e. TN to nw. SC and n. GA; all reported records of this species for AL are apparently T. mirabile (D. Spaulding, pers.comm, 2013).
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum cooleyi	Cooley's Meadowrue, Savanna Meadowrue	Ecotones between calcareous savannas and adjacent swamp forests, shallowly underlain by coquina limestone ("marl"), generally within a few meters of both Taxodium ascendens and Liriodendron tulipifera.	The species is endemic to two small areas, centered around Maple Hill (Pender and Onslow counties, NC) and Old Dock (Columbus and Brunswick counties, NC), with a small disjunct population in Panhandle FL (Walton County), and a small number of ambiguous populations in sw. GA (Dougherty and Worth counties); the GA populations are assigned here for now but may well represent a new taxon.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum coriaceum	Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-Mist	Rich forests.	A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic: s. PA, MD, VA, and WV south through w. KY and e. TN to w. NC and ne. GA.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum dasycarpum	Purple Meadowrue	Forest, woodlands, and prairies.	QC and YT south to PA, KY, TN, nw. GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, NM, AZ, and WA. It has been reported for scattered localities in VA (Harvill et al. 1992); Park (1992) and FNA do not document the occurrence of T. dasycarpum in VA. These are likely misidentifications; substantiation is needed.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum debile	Trailing Meadowrue	Moist to wet forests over limestone.	Nw. GA west to e. MS.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum dioicum	Early Meadowrue, Quicksilver-weed	Seepages, moist forests.	ME, QC, and MN south to SC, c. GA, AL, MO, and nc. AR.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum hepaticum	Appalachian Tall Meadowrue	Seepage areas.	PA south to n. GA and se. TN, strictly or primarily in the Appalachians.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum macrostylum	Small-leaved Meadowrue	Moist places, perhaps associated with circumneutral soils, moist to dry ultramafic outcrop barrens (over serpentinized olivine), tidal freshwater marshes, rarely pineland seepages with calcareous substrate.	Se. VA south and west through NC, SC, sc. GA, FL, and AL to MS.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum mirabile	Rockhouse Meadowrue	Wet sandstone cliffs, primarily in the Cumberland Plateau (and especially associated with sandstone rockhouses).	KY south through TN to n. AL and nw. GA (and additionally cited in FNA as occurring in w. NC, a record that is apparently erroneous, presumably based on misidentification of T. clavatum).
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum pubescens	Common Tall Meadowrue, Late Meadowrue, King-of-the-Meadow	Bogs, marshes, wet forests.	NL (Labrador), NL (Newfoundland), and ON south to GA, SC and MS.
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum texanum	Houston Meadowrue	Along margins of woodlands on claypan savannas and alluvial terraces but also on pimple mounds in coastal prairies.	Endemic in se. TX (Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Fayette, Grimes, Harris, Waller and Washington counties) (Carr 2016).
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum thalictroides	Rue-anemone, Windflower, Wind-rue	Moist forests.	ME, MN, and KS, south to Panhandle FL, MS, AR, and OK.
Ranunculaceae	Trautvetteria	Tassel-rue
Ranunculaceae	Trautvetteria applanata	Ozark Tassel-rue	Dolomite and other calcareous bluffs along rivers, moist streamsides.	E. KY, c. IN, wc. IL, and sc. MO south through e. and c. TN to nw. GA, c. AL, c. AR (Sundell et al. 1999), and ne. TX (Floden 2011). Populations far east and south of the Blue Ridge in GA, SC, and NC are tentatively placed here while under additional study.
Ranunculaceae	Trautvetteria caroliniensis	Tassel-rue, False Bugbane	Streambanks, seepages, grassy balds, moist forests, swamp forests, prairies, very rarely in calcareous longleaf pine savanna ecotones.	Sw. PA and KY to n. GA, primarily in the Southern and Central Appalachians.
Ranunculaceae	Trautvetteria fonticalcarea	Powell River Tassel-rue	Dolomitic fens / seeps.	Endemic (so far as known) to fens and seeps along the Powell River in Campbell, Claiborne, and Union counties, ne. TN.
Ranunculaceae	Trollius	Globeflower
Ranunculaceae	Trollius laxus	Trollflower, American Globeflower, Spreading Globeflower	Calcareous swamps and fens.	Nw. CT, NY and ne. OH south to n. NJ, e. PA, w. PA, and c. OH.
Ranunculaceae	Xanthorhiza	Yellowroot
Ranunculaceae	Xanthorhiza simplicissima	Yellowroot, Brookfeather, Orangeroot, Yellow Puccoon	Streambanks and riverbanks, less typically in moist rocky forests.	Se. VA, w. VA, WV, and s. OH south to FL Panhandle and s. MS; disjunct west of the Mississippi in w. LA and e. TX; also scattered northward as naturalized populations from cultivation in PA, MD, NY, MA, CT, and ME.