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A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is harmful to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or livestock. Most noxious weeds have been introduced into an ecosystem by ignorance, mismanagement, or ...
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.
Weed killers or herbicides are made with chemicals that can be harmful to people, wildlife, and the environment. There are several factors to consider before you start applying herbicides ...
You might even face a fine if you knowingly allow these plants to flourish on your property. We explain how to identify and eradicate them. It’s illegal to let these 19 ‘noxious weeds’ grow ...
Plants that cause illness or death after consuming them are referred to as poisonous plants. The toxins in poisonous plants affect herbivores , and deter them from consuming the plants. Plants cannot move to escape their predators, so they must have other means of protecting themselves from herbivorous animals.
A Deere & Co dealership and a Pilgrim's Pride Corp chicken hatchery were destroyed when deadly tornadoes swept through Kentucky on Friday, while silos holding millions of bushels of corn suffered ...
E. plantagineum contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, so is poisonous to nonruminants. [10] [11] When eaten in large quantities, it causes reduced livestock weight, and death in severe cases, due to liver damage. [7] Paterson's curse can also kill horses, [12] and irritate the udders of dairy cows and the skin of humans.
High doses cause acute respiratory syndrome , with death approximately 12 to 48 hours after consumption. [7] Caged birds seem to be more sensitive to the effects of persin, whereas, for example, turkeys and chickens seem more resistant. [7] Lactating rabbits and mice: non-infectious mastitis and agalactia after consumption of leaves or bark.