These plants have many uses. Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called butter dock because its large leaves were used to wrap and conserve butter.
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It generally does not kill the docks but will impair plant functioning if enough is present on the leaves. The holes in the leaves are often caused by the dock beetle Gastrophysa ...