Rumex verticillatus Linnaeus. Section: Axillares. Common name: Swamp Dock. Phenology: Apr-Jun; May-Jul. Habitat: Tidal freshwater marshes and swamps, but also inland in disturbed areas. Distribution: QC, ON, MN, and SD, south to s. FL and se. and c. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, Fl4, FNA5, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va; < Rumex verticillatus L. — C, F, G, GW2, K4, Pa, RAB, W, WH3; Rumex verticillatus L. Basionym: Rumex verticillatus L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Rumex verticillatus - FNA5
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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