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Water Dock

Rumex hydrolapathum

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,989, February 3,685, March 5,774, April 9,083, May 13,097, June 14,281, July 15,282, August 13,142, September 9,649, October 7,202, November 3,936, December 3,076.
United States103,198
Alaska103,195
Russia412
Ukraine342
United Kingdom331
England303
Poland163
Germany124
France75
Bryansk Oblast68

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familyknotweed family · Polygonaceae
Genusdocks and sorrels · Rumex

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