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§1 Plant
Rumex aquaticus L.
vernacular western 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 112 counties across 13 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 112 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Grand Forks 38035
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUAQ ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888992 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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