Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)
{"Image DocumentName": "Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)", "Image ImageDescription": "Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) Tap-rooted perennial. Dark green alternate leaves. Small green flowers turn reddish brown at maturity. Reproduces by seed (30,000 seeds/plant); or by root cuttings. Dock is especially common in wet meadows, along ditchbanks, and in waste areas. You may recognize it as sour dock. The broad leaves have crinkled or wavy margins. The reddish color of the two-foot to 3-foot tall mature seed stalks make it easy to recognize dock in a pasture or field. Controls. Biocontrol: grazing not effective; no biocontrol agents available. Cultural: fertilize crops as needed. Mechanical: prevent seed set; hand pull or cultivate; mow to prevent flowering. Herbicide: 2,4-D or dicamba before flower elongation; glyphosate at early heading; metsulfuron on young plants. Reddish or greenish flowers in a long, slender, branching cluster at the top of a stem bearing leaves with very wavy margins.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}