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Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood
pale dock

       
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Photo of Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

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Synonyms:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

  RUBR14 Rumex britannica Meisn., non L.
  RUBR3 Rumex brittanicus Meisn., orth. var.
  RUEL6 Rumex ellipticus Greene
 

Distribution:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 55 species in Rumex
 

Classification:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Polygonales
Family Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus Rumex L. – dock
Species Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood – pale dock
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
tall dock              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Iowa:
smooth dock              Secondary noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

pale dock
smooth dock
Rumex
dock

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW+ FACW- FACW FACW- FAC FAC FACW+ FAC+ NI NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20949.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood

IA-Iowa State Weed Science Online: the Iowa Weed Law

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

USFS: Eastern Region state-listed noxious weeds

 
 
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