General ecology
Ranunculus acris is a perennial herb of meadows, verges, roadsides, yards and mesic or herb-rich woodland. Its source-supported ecology is broadly associated with mesic grassland and woodland edges.
Sources: FinBIF / Laji.fi ↗
FinBIF accepted taxon · MX.37897
Ranunculus acris L.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Ranunculus
- Common names
- FI: niittyleinikki · SV: smörblomma
- 2024 dataset
- Recorded as Ranunculus acris
Coastal-meadow position
Our 2024 field observations
Occurrence uses the 30 sampled plots in each community. Community boundaries are not rigid; these are study observations, not a complete Estonian distribution. Study data and methods →
Occurrence in our 2024 coastal-meadow study
Recorded in 4 of 120 sampled plots.
- OP · Open Pioneer0 / 30 · 0%
- LS · Lower Shore0 / 30 · 0%
- US · Upper Shore0 / 30 · 0%
- TG · Tall Grass4 / 30 · 13%
Saardu2 / 20 plots
Keemu2 / 30 plots
Koera0 / 30 plots
Kudani0 / 40 plots
FINBIF TAXONOMY
Current verified classification
- kingdomPlantae Haeckel
- phylumTracheophyta Sinnott ex Cavalier-Smith
- classMagnoliopsida Brongn.
- orderRanunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
- familyRanunculaceae Juss.
- genusRanunculus L.
- speciesRanunculus acris L.
OUR MEASURED TRAITS
Pool-wise CCI and leaf area
Trait values are pooled measurements collected during the 2024 coastal-meadow field campaign and are study observations, not fixed species constants. Only summaries with at least five measurements are shown.
No validated pool-wise trait summary
This species did not meet the ≥5-measurement rule in the supplied CCI or leaf-area summary tables.
Licensed FinBIF photographs
Additional photographs
These views complement the primary photograph above without repeating it. Use them alongside a regional identification key; photographs alone are not sufficient for a field identification.
FIELD DATA → EARTH OBSERVATION
How this taxon enters the analysis
These steps show what this record contributes to the 2024 study. They do not turn the taxon name into a remotely sensed measurement.
- 1 · FIELD EVIDENCE4 of 120 plots
Occurrence is verified, but no positive numeric cover value is available for an occupied-plot cover summary.
- 2 · TRAIT ELIGIBILITYNo eligible CCI or leaf-area summary
Neither trait met the documented minimum of five measurements for this taxon, so it contributes no species median to the CCI or leaf-area community-weighted means.
- 3 · MODEL LINKPlot response, not species detection
Plot-level ecological responses are paired with UAV predictors. A fitted model can estimate variation in those responses across the landscape; this record does not train a classifier for Ranunculus acris.
Interpretation boundary: UAV or satellite imagery does not uniquely identify Ranunculus acris in this study. Follow the complete field-to-EO workflow →