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  2. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    All parts of these plants are toxic, due to the presence of alkaloids. Grazing animals, such as sheep and cattle, may be affected and human fatalities have occurred. [106] Delphinium spp. larkspur Ranunculaceae: Contains the alkaloid delsoline. Young plants and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea, muscle twitches, paralysis, and often death.

  3. Ageratum conyzoides - Wikipedia

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    Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed, mentrasto) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and is an invasive weed in many other regions. It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. high, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve.

  4. List of plants poisonous to equines - Wikipedia

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    Several plants, including nightshade, become more toxic as they wilt and die, posing a danger to horses eating dried hay or plant matter blown into their pastures. [ 3 ] The risk of animals becoming ill during the fall is increased, as many plants slow their growth in preparation for winter, and equines begin to browse on the remaining plants.

  5. Ageratina altissima - Wikipedia

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    In addition to cattle, the plants are also poisonous to horses, goats, and sheep. Signs of poisoning in these animals include depression and lethargy, placement of hind feet close together (horses, goats, cattle) or held far apart (sheep), nasal discharge, excessive salivation, arched body posture, and rapid or difficult breathing. [citation ...

  6. 7 Safe and Effective Ways to Get Rid of Poison Oak From ... - AOL

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    This may seem a little drastic but goats are actually a highly effective and safe way to get rid of poison oak. ... Create some healthy competition amongst the plants in your yard. Poison oak ...

  7. Locoweed - Wikipedia

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    Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, an alkaloid harmful to livestock.Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most of them in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, [1] and Swainsona in Australia.

  8. Forget herbicides: goats control weeds in New York park

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    A park in Brooklyn has rented a quartet of goats to control weeds and unwanted vegetation in an ecologically friendly way.

  9. West Sacramento turns to goats in its time of weeds - AOL

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    The goats are back in West Sacramento for their annual visit to chomp down on wild vegetation in an effort to help curb the spread of wildfires. West Sacramento turns to goats in its time of weeds ...