Species Cards

Buttercup

Ranunculus species

Group:

Plant, Herb

Buttercup (Ranunculus species). William 
Milliken

© William Milliken

Buttercup (Ranunculus species)

Food chain :

Producer

What it eats :

Makes its own food from carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight energy.

Eaten by:

Snails and slugs. Flowers are visited by bees, wasps and small flies.

Habitat:

Wildflower grasslandWildflower grassland

Description:

A meadow plant with deeply cut leaves and bright shiny yellow flowers that are pollinated by insects


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