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wendy clower
| | Posted on Thursday, Mar 30, 2000 - 4:43 pm: |   |
Does anyone know where on the internet I might find a good picture along with the description of the particular weed? I also need to know what different grasses, legumes, etc. look like. Thanks |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
| | Posted on Friday, Mar 31, 2000 - 7:35 am: | |
Hello Wendy,
Go to Equine Diseases: Poisons & Poisonous Plants page and follow some the link to either the Indiana or Canadian Poisonous Plant pages, both have illustrations.
DrO |
wendy clower
| | Posted on Friday, Mar 31, 2000 - 9:42 pm: | |
Dr. O, I've looked there, but Canada and Indiana are a long way from the coastal plain soil of central Alabama, and their "plants" look nothing like the majority of stuff I have growing in my 70 acres of pasture/hay fields. I figured "Southeast" on the net would give me pictures but I cannot find anything. (Of course, I have checked the usual references, i.e. extension services, cooperatives, etc.) My problem is that although I can find plenty of descriptions of plants and weeds, without a degree in agriculture, or whatever, I cannot for the life of me match my "weeds" and pasture grasses with the terms used by these scientific publications to describe them. The information supplied with the herbicides and fertilizers I am considering using(and have used already) simply list the plant controlled and/or fertilized. Additionally, they include restrictive grazing for CATTLE, not horses. I know, I am a stickler for details, and like another of our members wrote, am concerned about the chemicals we are using and the effect on our horses. I have gone out a picked every strange looking plant from my pastures - I have identified a few from the pics - but mostly I am stumped. As you know, there are thousands of herbicides/pesticides/fertilizers out there to choose from. How do you choose when you can't identify your specific problem? Last year, my local resources said apply Remedy and Grazon and 28% Nitrogen fertilizer in so and so amounts; I did. The pastures look better, but I am not sure why: because I now bushhog them more frequently, applied lime, etc. I paid megabucks and don't want to just rely on what everybody else is doing. I am trying to offer a superb boarding/training/raising facility here and really need to know my s***. Also, I need to produce good quality hay for me and my boarders this coming winter. If anybody out there has any ideas, please let me know. Thanks |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
| | Posted on Saturday, Apr 1, 2000 - 3:27 am: | |
Wendy,
Remember that those lists are only of the poisonous plants so if your plant did not appear on there that is a good sign. You might be surprised at how many plants you share with Indiana. All of our (piedmont NC) local poisounous plants appear on there.
If you have large numbers of unidentifiable plants that you are concerned about I would take samples of them to my local agriculture college for identification. Concerning your pastures and there proper care, there are huge amounts of information that we have linked in on this menu and most of these sites link to others. Though your local requirements may differ the princilples of management are the same.
DrO |
Cathleen Androulidakis
| | Posted on Monday, Jun 12, 2000 - 2:21 pm: | |
Hi Wendy,
I found a book on the Internet. "Horse Owners Field Guide to Toxic Plants" by Sandra Burger. I got it off one of the big bookstores Online. It breaks things down with color photos and areas of the U.S. It helped me alot. The nice tree in my new pasture turned out to be a Red Maple that is now in the burn pile along with all of it's toxic leaves. I also paid my Vet to come out and walk the pastures with me before I brought "the kids" home. He found one toxic weed that I have hand weeded out of the pastures. I watch every week to make sure I got it all and it hasn't come back. It was cheaper to pay him to do that than to come doctor a sick horse. He showed me alot of things to watch for. I feel much better about it.
Good Luck, =^..^= Cathie A. |
Sherry Simon-Heldt
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Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Monday, Sep 5, 2005 - 12:47 pm: | |
We live in southern Arizona and are considering purchasing some acreage that contains, among other foliage, mesquite trees. We'd appreciate a response as to the problem that mesquites, specifically the pods, causes horses. |
Vicki Zaneis
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Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, Sep 5, 2005 - 6:18 pm: | |
The book Cathleen mentioned is a good one but would like to warn people not to entirely count on the weeds being only in the locations the book notes. Unless it has been up-dated since I bought mine, it does not show Crotoleria nor Corydalis as being in Florida though we have loads of both. Also, the scale of some of the photos seems to vary and it takes a great deal of study to be able to identify things. It is an EXCELLENT AID, HOWEVER, and a resource I have used a great deal. You might also check with some of your major state universities. University of Florida puts out a good, though not complete booklet. |
