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§1 Plant
Rumex orbiculatus A. Gray
vernacular greater water 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 336 counties across 17 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 336 counties across 17 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clay 18021
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Macomb 26099
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Montgomery 39113
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUOR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888970 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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