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In the United States, Johnson grass is listed as either a noxious or quarantined weed in 19 states. [6] With Sorghum bicolor it is a parent of Sorghum × almum, a forage crop also considered a weed in places. [7] It is named after an Alabama plantation owner, Colonel William Johnson, who sowed its seeds on river-bottom farm land circa 1840. The ...
Sudan grass, Johnson grass: Cyanide produced after stress [4] [10] [16] Stachys arvensis: Field woundwort or stagger weed [27] Stipa viridula: Sleepy grass [8] Swainsona: Darling peas [10] Taraxacum officinale: Dandelion When infected with a toxic mold that grows on it, the plant has been linked to outbreaks of Australian stringhalt. [23] Taxus ...
Xanthorrhoea johnsonii (also known as Johnson's Grass Tree) is a large plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea found in eastern Australia. [1] The trunk can grow to 5 metres tall. Older foliage is very strong, hence one of the common names being "steel grass", and is commonly used in floral design where it can be bent and looped without breaking.
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.
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Indian pea, grass pea, chickling pea, white pea Fabaceae: A legume grown in Asia and East Africa as an insurance crop for use during famines. Like other grain legumes, L. sativus produces a high-protein seed. The seeds contain variable amounts of β-N-Oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (ODAP), a neurotoxic amino acid. [12]
Johnson grass considered a weed. Weed science is a scientific discipline concerned with plants that may be considered weeds, their effects on human activities, and their management [1] "a branch of applied ecology that attempts to modify the environment against natural evolutionary trends.". [2]
Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2) Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965–1988 (F Turk) Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988) (Import Medicinal Pl)