The Morton Arboretum's Naturalist Certificate Program
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Local Flora I: Spring Woodlands | Grasslands | | Glossary: Plant Parts | Flowers | Leaves Monocots | Liliaceae | Other Monocot spp. | | Dicots | Ranunculaceae | Other Dicot spp.
Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus abortivus - small-flowered crowfoot
Ranunculaceae featured species: Actea pachypoda - white baneberry Anemone patens var. wolfgangiana - pasque flower Anemone virginiana - tall anemone Anemonella thalictroides - rue anemone, windflower Aquilegia canadensis - wild columbine Caltha palustris - marsh marigold Hydrastis canadensis - goldenseal Ranunculus abortivus - small flowered crowfoot Ranunculus septentrionalis - swamp buttercup

Edna Davion Department of Botany, The Field Museum Chicago, IL 60605-2496 E-mail: edavion@fieldmuseum.org

Photographs by Jane and John Balaban Skokie, Illinois North Branch Restoration Project