Foraging-- Dock Weed

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Foraging-- Dock Weed

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I Used To Cut This Plant…Until I Saw This!
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[img(150px,100px)]https://www.askaprepper.com/wp-content/ ... x395_c.jpg[/img] We often get caught up in getting rid of the weeds in our yards so that it’s perfect. It’s an ongoing battle for a lot of people to make sure that any and all “weeds” are eradicated from their property. However, there’s one “weed” that you might want to think twice about pulling, cutting, or spraying with herbicides the next time you take to the yard for weeding.

It’s often called dock weed, but it’s also known as yellow dock, curly dock, or curled dock. The scientific name for this plant is Rumex crispus. It’s a perennial, meaning that it grows back year after year, and it’s commonly found across North America, in the United States and southern Canada. ---CONTINUED---
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