Index / Search / Rorippa sylvestris
§1 Plant
Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser
vernacular creeping yellowcress — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Rorippa
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 462 counties across 39 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8
- Root depth
- 11 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.7 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 360,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 462 counties across 39 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 55 I ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Montgomery 18107
- Ohio 18115
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- Mercer 21167
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Robertson 21201
- Scott 21209
- Trimble 21223
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Hamilton 36041
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Monroe 39111
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 45 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Giles 51071
- Henrico 51087
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Page 51139
- Prince William 51153
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
Washington view state ↗ 7 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 13 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ROSY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3053376 ↗Record version
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