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Water Dock

©Philip Precey

Water dock

As its name suggests, Water dock likes damp places, such as the egdes of canals, ponds and rivers. It is a tall plant with large, greenish flower spikes.

Enw gwyddonol

Rumex hydrolapathum

Pryd i'w gweld

January to December

Species information

Categori

Ystadegau

Height: up to 2m

Statws cadwraethol

Common.

Cynefinoedd

Ynghylch

Water dock, as its name suggests, can be found growing beside water at the edges of canals, ponds and rivers, and even in shallow water. An abundant perennial, flower spikes appear from July to September.

Sut i'w hadnabod

Water dock is a tall plant with slender and pointed leaves, and spikes of tiny, pinky-green flowers.

Dosbarthiad

Found mainly in Central and South East England; absent from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Roeddech chi yn gwybod?

At up to 2m tall, Water dock is the tallest member of the dock family.