TURKEY RHUBARB 

Turkey rhubarb (Rumex sagittatus) is a vigorous perennial climber with arrow shaped leaves. It smothers ground covers and small shrubs. Turkey rhubarb is highly invasive, growing vigorously during spring and summer. It has escaped from gardens into nearby bushland where it forms dense tangles that smother ground flora and small shrubs.

Rambling Dock is a major weed of gardens, disturbed sites and urban bushland that grows rapidly and smothers supporting vegetation, preventing its regeneration, and therefore reducing native species richness.
In one study in the northern Sydney area, Rambling Dock was found to be one of the most common exotic species growing in a sclerophyll woodland, and was primarily located in areas that were nutrient-enriched by run-off from nearby residential developments Weeds of Australia 2016). Rambling Dock is threatening the survival of endangered native plant species.

Rambling Dock is naturalised in south-eastern Queensland and coastal New South Wales, with scattered occurrences in southern Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and south-western Western Australia. It is most common near towns and other human habitation (Walsh 1996; Wilson 2000; Muyt 2001; Sainty and Associates 2002; Western Australian Herbarium 2007).
Rambling Dock causes most concern in New South Wales and has been declared in some areas (i.e. in northern Sydney) because of its impact as an environmental weed. It is especially common around urban areas and in waste areas near towns. Hence, it appears on many environmental weed lists in the Sydney area (e.g. in Sutherland Shire, Randwick City, Manly Council, Lake Macquarie City, Blue Mountains City, the Sydney Central region, the Sydney North region, and the wider Sydney and Blue Mountains region) (Weeds of Australia 2016).
In Victoria, Rambling Dock has mostly been seen as a problem in coastal or near-coastal shrublands and along waterways near Melbourne and in the east of the state (e.g. in the Kananook Creek area on the Mornington Peninsula). However, it is now thought that the actual distribution of this species may be more widespread than previously recognised, and that it is likely to continue to spread in coastal areas in the future (Weeds of Australia 2016).

Spray FireHawk Bioherbicide Concentrate: 50 mL/L of water. Respray when regrowth occurs from roots and/or runners. May require repeated application to obtain long-term weed control.