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Toxic Plants-Buffalobur

Toxic Plants-Buffalobur. Annual Forb Reproduces by seeds Located in Sandy soils in feedlots, corrals, overgrazed pastures, Poison is alkaloids, swine eat berries, leaves and roots, stiff spines can cause mechanical injury. Toxic Plants-Wild Cherry Leaves. Toxic Plants-Cocklebur. Annual Forb

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Toxic Plants-Buffalobur

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  1. Toxic Plants-Buffalobur • Annual Forb • Reproduces by seeds • Located in Sandy soils in feedlots, corrals, overgrazed pastures, • Poison is alkaloids, swine eat berries, leaves and roots, stiff spines can cause mechanical injury

  2. Toxic Plants-Wild Cherry Leaves

  3. Toxic Plants-Cocklebur • Annual Forb • Reproduces by Seed • Poison: • Harmful to all classes of livestock in cotyledonary stage. Poison is Hydroquinone. Seeds are not eaten once burrs present

  4. Toxic Plants-Dogbane Hemp • Perennial Forb • Reproduces: Seed and Rhizomes • Height 1-3 ft • Poisoning: Contains resins and glycosides. Cattle and horse rarely eat when green but will consume in hay

  5. Toxic Plants-Horsetail • Perennial-grass-like • Reproduces by rhizomes and spores • Located in river banks, meadows, low areas in pastures • Poison-20% of field known to cause scours ,paralysis and occasionally death in cattle and horses

  6. Toxic Plants-Jimson Weed • Datura-common names, thornapple, moonflower • Annual forb • Found in flood plains, old feedlots, waste area • Poison-Contains several alkaloids, can kill in hay or silage. Ingestion of 4 grams or seed or leaf material is fatal dose for a child

  7. Toxic Plants-Kochia • Annual Forb • Reproduction : Seeds • Located in pastures and fields • Poisoning with high nitrate levels, and is linked to photosensitivity

  8. Toxic Plant-Black Nightshade • Annual Forb • Reproduces by seeds • Located in roadsides, gardens, farm fields • Poison: Berries and plant parts contain alkaloid solanidine, causes gastrointestinal irritation and possible death, also toxic when dry

  9. Toxic Plants-Alsike Clover • Perennial legume • Used in pasture mixes • Poisoning: gastrointestinal, mild colic and diarrhea, photosensitivity • No problems in hay

  10. Toxic Plants-Black Locust Tree, moderate size, rough bark Dangerous parts are leaves, especially wilted leaves, seed pods, inner bark, young shoots Poison includes toxic robitin both glycoside, and alkaloid, affects gastointestinal and nervous systems, causes depression, poor appetite, generalized weakness, abdominalo pain and abnormal heart rates, can cause death

  11. Toxic Plant-Castor Bean • Annual Woody Herb • Reproduces by Seeds • Common in flower gardens • Poison in seeds, contains ricin and is a cytotoxin, causes abdominal pain

  12. Toxic Plant-Horseweed(Maretail) • Annual Native Forb • Reproduces by seeds • Height 1.5-3 ft • Located in pastures and disturbed sites • Poisoning by volatile oils, tannic acid, garlic acid, causes skin and mucosal irritations in horses and humans

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