Toxic PlantsBuffalobur

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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

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Toxic Plants-Wild Cherry Leaves
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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

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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

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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

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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

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Toxic Plants-Kochia

• Annual Forb
• Reproduction Seeds
• Located in pastures and fields
• Poisoning with high nitrate levels, and is linked
  to photosensitivity

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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

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Toxic Plants-Alsike Clover

• Perennial legume
• Used in pasture mixes
• Poisoning gastrointestinal, mild colic and
  diarrhea, photosensitivity
• No problems in hay

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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
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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

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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