Index / Search / Rumex verticillatus
§1 Plant
Rumex verticillatus L.
vernacular swamp 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
§2b
County-level range
· 629 counties across 33 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 629 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Hendry 12051
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- 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
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Hamilton 18057
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Boone 21015
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Daviess 21059
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Livingston 21139
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Powell 21197
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Cass 26027
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Macomb 26099
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Cooper 29053
- Daviess 29061
- Dunklin 29069
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
Nebraska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orleans 36073
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Mercer 39107
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Prince Edward 51147
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Crawford 55023
- Dodge 55027
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Marathon 55073
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Richland 55103
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Washington 55131
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUVE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888967 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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