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Rumex altissimus
PALE DOCK
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Rumex altissimus Alph. Wood
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		PALE DOCK
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Caryophyllales, Family Polygonaceae, Genus Rumex, Species Rumex altissimus


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:		MD: E
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: S1; MD: S1; VA: S3S4; WV: S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 7 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Badlands National Park
Big Bend National Park	Buffalo National River
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	El Morro National Monument
First State National Historical Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Larned National Historic Site	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Natchez Trace Parkway
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	12/19/2008

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 5:45:20 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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