Index / Search / Rumex altissimus
§1 Plant
Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood
vernacular pale dock — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rumex
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 903 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 903 counties across 38 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Colorado view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 92 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Bartholomew 18005
- Benton 18007
- Blackford 18009
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Delaware 18035
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Ohio 18115
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Adams 19003
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Cherokee 19035
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Ringgold 19159
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Webster 19187
Kansas view state ↗ 105 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- East Carroll 22035
- Franklin 22041
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Richland 22083
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Harrison 29081
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
Nebraska view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Cass 31025
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dakota 31043
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Gosper 31073
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Sherman 31163
- Thayer 31169
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Wayne 31179
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hardin 39065
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jefferson 39081
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Meigs 39105
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Bryan 40013
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Le Flore 40079
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Payne 40119
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Rogers 40131
- Sequoyah 40135
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Putnam 47141
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Delta 48119
- Denton 48121
- Dimmit 48127
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Floyd 48153
- Freestone 48161
- Garza 48169
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Karnes 48255
- Lee 48287
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Moore 48341
- Navarro 48349
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- San Saba 48411
- Sherman 48421
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Washington 48477
- Wheeler 48483
- Yoakum 48501
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marathon 55073
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUAL4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2889030 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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