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locoweed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crazy weed, crazyweed |
| Type of | legume, leguminous plant |
| Has types | purple loco, purple locoweed, oxytropis lambertii |
Examples of locoweed
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Today the bones of both sides lie beneath a carpet of bluestem and locoweed and globe mallow.
From the dallasnews.com
Livestock could resume grazing in locoweed-infested pastures in summer, when green grass is abundant.
From the sciencedaily.com
The smoke would be from high-octane locoweed.
From the thenewstribune.com
In some cases, using conditioned food aversion techniques to train cattle and horses to spurn locoweed might be appropriate.
From the sciencedaily.com
Then in 1983 the city of Rancho Palos Verdes opened a new playing field in a park where locoweed had provided a habitat for the extraordinary insect.
From the time.com
The ARS-NMSU team assembled a set of grazing management guidelines based on the seasonal availability of locoweed and more benign forage options, such as warm-season grasses.
From the sciencedaily.com
The researchers recommended restricting livestock access to locoweed in spring and fall, when it is relatively more palatable than dormant warm-season grasses.
From the sciencedaily.com
During these critical periods, ranchers could preserve locoweed-free pastures for livestock grazing or else create them with appropriate herbicide treatments.
From the sciencedaily.com
Watch for spring prairie wildflowers, including blue-eyed grass, puccoons and locoweed, and learn about plans to conduct a prescribed burn at the cemetery this summer.
From the omaha.com
- Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
- Pot: street names for marijuana
- Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock. ...
- Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus, are toxic to cattle and the symptoms of poisoning include nervous problems
- Mostly perennial plant from the legume family. Occurs mostly on rangeland and is poisonous to livestock.
- Any of a number of plants widespread in the mountains of the Western US that make livestock act crazy when they eat them.
