Plants Profile for Rumex aquaticus fenestratus (western dock)

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General Information
Symbol:	RUAQF
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Polygonaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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William & Wilma Follette. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NV, White Pine Co. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 657. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
RUAQF2	Rumex aquaticus L. ssp. fenestratus (Greene) Hultén
RUAQO	Rumex aquaticus L. ssp. occidentalis (S. Watson) Hultén
RUFE3	Rumex fenestratus Greene
RUOC3	Rumex occidentalis S. Watson
RUOCF	Rumex occidentalis S. Watson var. fenestratus (Greene) Lepage
RUOCL	Rumex occidentalis S. Watson var. labradoricus (Rech. f.) Lepage
RUOCP	Rumex occidentalis S. Watson var. procerus (Greene) J.T. Howell
RUSU2	Rumex subalpinus M.E. Jones	subalpine dock

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 aquaticus L. – western dock
Variety	Rumex aquaticus L. var. fenestratus (Greene) Dorn – western dock

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Michigan Rumex occidentalis western dock Endangered

Noxious Weed Information
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.
Arkansas Rumex Noxious weed

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

RUOC3 Rumex occidentalis S. Watson

North America
Alaska	OBL
Arid West	FACW
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACW