An estimate of Ragwort fatalities is about 500 equines a year in the UK. (Dr Derek Knottenbelt of Liverpool University). The plant causes Pyrrolizidine...
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Keith Hatton
kjhatton@...
Aug 1, 2002 10:26 am
A good summary account of Ragwort , it's poisonous principles , the treatment of affected beasts and man and it's control can be found in Poisonous Plants in...
Andy If you had read the DEFRA page (you posted the URL on Tuesday), you would have read the following: "12. Ragwort is a potential killer. It is poisonous to...
Message text written by INTERNET:UKBotany@yahoogroups.com From: "Chris Rodgers" <xris.rodgers@...> ... If you had read the DEFRA page (you posted...
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helen proctor
hm.proctor@...
Aug 4, 2002 8:29 pm
I found one plant of Knautia arvensis flore pleno recently during a walk on the Downs. The flower heads were dome shaped. Does anyone know how frequently the...
... Was this really flore pleno (ie double) or just lacking ray florets? True flore pleno will be rare since it is sterile. My (slightly vague) recollection is...
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Philip Glyn
pjg@...
Aug 6, 2002 4:40 pm
I think you are right Andy when you suggest that the incidence of poisoning is rare in view of the abundance of the plant and its recent increase. It is...
Sorry to come in late on this one, but here's some information I saw about a year ago, so it may not now be completely up to date. Barrier Biotech launched...
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Phil Luke
Phil@...
Aug 13, 2002 1:26 pm
Another late response to this very interesting series of comments and contributions. We have had problems with ragwort on several Essex Wildlife Trust...
Hello, Ragwort in very small amounts on Mill Hill, Shoreham, attracts lots of insects, most notably the favoured plant for the Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies...
Is there a worm going around? These subject lines "new pics here" & "check this site out" sound like what the Aliz-worm produces from its random-choice list of...
Hi botanizers, Can anyone tell us if a four leaf clover is rare and of any botanical or financial interest. My grand daughter has just found one while we were...
Hi Michael They are pretty rare in my experience, only found one once. I have no idea on the financial side of things. Hope this helps. Richard. Which species...
Apologies if this message appears twice but my first posting didn't seem to get through. Anyway, my grand daughter has just found a four leaved clover and...
rECOrd - The Biodiversity Information System (local biological sighting database for observations of wild animals and plants) - the Pilot Local Record Centre...
Hi, I have to agree with the person who says they are not rare, at least not the common white Trifolium repens that is found among mown grasses everywhere ...
I also agree they are not rare. Recently I wanted one for a web page, and I didn't hunt for long before finding a 5-leafed one (first) and then the 4-leafed...
