Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Polygonaceae

Rumex - [maps | photos]

• Rumex acetosella * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: common sheep sorrel

• Rumex altissimus Wood
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: pale dock

• Rumex conglomeratus * Murr.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: clustered dock

• Rumex crispus * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: curly dock

• Rumex obtusifolius * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: bitter dock

• Rumex pulcher * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: fiddle dock

• Rumex verticillatus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: swamp dock

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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