PLANTS Profile for Rumex pulcher (fiddle dock)

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PLANTS Profile

Rumex pulcher L.
fiddle dock

Symbol:

RUPU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Cyprus. Usage Requirements.

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Rumex pulcher L.

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Synonyms:
Rumex pulcher L.

RUPUD

Rumex pulcher L. ssp. divaricatus (L.) Murb.

Distribution:
Rumex pulcher L.


View Native Status

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USA (AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Rumex pulcher L.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 55 species in Rumex

Classification:
Rumex pulcher L.

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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 pulcher L. – fiddle dock

U.S. Weed Information:
Rumex pulcher L.

Rumex
dock

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE

Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Introduced Information:
Rumex pulcher L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Rumex pulcher L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FACW

FACW-

FACW

FACW-

FAC-

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rumex pulcher L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20942.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 02:55 AM CDT