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43CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Rumex

Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Apantesis argeArge Tiger Moth
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Argyrogramma verrucaGolden Looper
Calothysanis amaturariaCross-Lined Wave
Chionodes discoocellellaEyeringed Chionodes
Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth

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Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Dypterygia rozmaniAmerican Bird's-Wing
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Hahncappsia mancalisCommon Hahncappsia
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
Leuconycta lepidulaMarble-Green Jaspidia, Marble-Green Leuconycta
Lycaena hypophlaeasAmerican Copper
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nymphalis antiopaMourning Cloak
Ochropleura implectaAmerican Flame-Shouldered Dart
Olethreutes fasciatanaBanded Olethreutes
Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
Orthonama obstipataThe Gem
Papaipema baptisiaeWild Indigo Borer, Indigo Stem Borer
Papaipema marginidensBrick-Red Borer
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Phlogophora irisOlive Angle Shades
Pseudeustrotia carneolaPink-Barred Lithacodia, Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
Ancylostomia stercorea

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

26BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Rumex

Alectoris chukarChukar
Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
Aythya affinisLesser Scaup
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
Haemorhous mexicanusHouse Finch
Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan

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Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
Spinus psaltriaLesser Goldfinch
Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow
Spizella pusillaField Sparrow
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Polygonaceae
Flower color: Red

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Red” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Life cycle · “Annual” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Heart Wing Dock; Heart Wing Sorrel; Heart Wingged Dock; Heart Wingged Sorrel; Heartwing Dock; Heartwing Sorrel; Heartwingged Dock; Heartwingged Sorrel; Wild Dock

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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