The numbers of seeds in a field may be as high as 5 million per acre. Curly dock, known as Navajo tobacco on the Colorado Plateau, grows everywhere except Greenland. Curly dock is remarkably adaptive.

Nicole Zempel forages for curly dock and uses its greens, seeds and roots in a variety of dishes. Prairie Sportsman is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone ...