A member of the family Ranunculaceae (“buttercups”), this species was formerly identified under the genus Cimicifuga. Members of the genus Actaea are also known by the common name “baneberry”, a group of plants whose waxy shiny red or white berries are highly toxic and cause damage to cardiac tissue when consumed by mammals, but are not toxic to birds which consume and disperse the seeds through their droppings.
This is a species at risk. To find its current at-risk designation and listing info, visit the BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer. For direction on finding additional species recovery information, visit the Species and Ecological Communities Profiles Overview webpage.
Resources
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BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer
Provincial site providing current information for BC’s plants, animals and...
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Tall Bugbane Species Profile
SCCP's Species Profile of the Tall Bugbane (2010).Continue...
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