Bitter Dock vs Mountain Goat

Rumex obtusifolius compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Bitter Dock is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Dock	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Polygonaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Rumex	Oreamnos
Species	Rumex obtusifolius	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Bitter Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Dock	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Dock

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Dock

The Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) is a species in the genus Rumex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.