weed ID please: horses are eating it

[Two_Sheds]

For a friend. I said it was dock, she doesn't think it is. She says it's not like the other docks growing in the field.

I haven't seen it in the flesh, I'll be taking a look tomorrow. Just wondered if any of you has a 2nd opinion?


(I suspect it looks different to the other docks, because they're flowering and this one isn't yet)

[alldigging]

Looks like a dock to me
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[Indigo23]

Looks like dock to me, too.

[veggiechicken]

I'd have said dock too. Its hard to think of other wild plants with big leathery leaves apart from the docks, sorrels and horseradish.

[Two_Sheds]

Yeah, I'd discounted sorrel and horseradish, the leaves are too dull & matt

[rustylady]

Looks like dock to me too. There's the beginnings of a flowering shoot in that picture.

[Mikey]

I wonder if there are any nettles close by?

[Glutton4...]

I'd say Dock, too.

[WendyC]

Another vote for dock but it is a little different from the usual one with those pointed leaves.

[Indigo23]

Pretty sure we've got some just like it on the part of our lottie that we haven't yet got to.

[veggiechicken]

A selection of dock leaves from the garden. All shapes and sizes - some pointed, some rounded, some coming to flower, others not.

I think the originals look different because they are wilted and have darkened.

[roitelet]

A vote for dock from me too.

[Glutton4...]

I guess that's decided then!

[Two_Sheds]

thanks all

I'll show this thread to my new friend, put her mind at ease.

[mothhawk]

I agree, it looks like dock, but I've never known a horse eat dock before. Are they definitely eating it?