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Common weeds of California |
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Some are found in the arid regions, some are found near water, and some are found just along the roadside |
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Arrowgrass -Perennial that grows in marsy pastures and native grass area |
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Chokecherry - Perennial that grows in damp soil. Found amoung willows, poplars and alders |
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Locoweed - Flowers may be Blue, Yellow, white or Purple. Found in semi-arid and foothill regions. |
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Milkvetch -Flowers resemble sweetpeas. Found in meadows, forests, and semi-arid regions. |
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Poison Hemlock - Started as a garden plant, now found wild along roadsides, creekbeds, irrigation ditches, and edges of cultivated fields. Has been mistaken for wild parsnip,
wild parslay, and anise (the seeds). |
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Water Hemlock
- North America's most violently toxic plant, it has been mistaken for wild parsnips, other wild herbs and medicinal plants. It is a perennial in the carrot family. In new growth, the juice in stalk and leaves will smell faintly like carrots.
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Lupine -Tailcup Lupine and Lunara Lupine are found in California-found on foothills and mountains in sagebrush and aspen areas. |
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Sneezeweed - grows at elevations of 1500 to 4000 on moist slopes and well drained meadows. |
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Copperweed - Grows along streambeds and gullies where soil is high in salt. |
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Ponderosa Pine - needles may cause abortion. |
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Milkweed - Milk like juice in broken stems. Common weed found maily along roads, pastures and abanded acreage. Most dangerous during the spring. |
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Western Bracken Fern -all parts green or dried. Found on burned areas, woodlands, open pastures. It is found in sandly or gravelly soil. |
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Jimsonweed -Low growing pretty plant with white floweres. Looks similar to small Morning Glory plant. |
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There are lots more. Take the time and learn to recognize them. You could save your horse from illness or deaath on your next trail ride! |
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