The roadside ditches are filled with wildflowers this time of year and the colorful blooms feel like a reward for enduring another Wyoming winter. Don’t let the cheery blooms fool you, though ...

Locoweed, with its powerful ability to survive, has become an advantageous species for containing grassland desertification. The weed is rich in nutrients, with a crude protein content higher than ...

Agricultural scientists take a long look at livestock and locoweed Date: June 22, 2010 Source: USDA/Agricultural Research Service Summary: Keeping livestock away from poisonous locoweed during ...

Poisonous locoweed. By Peter L. Warren Special to the Arizona Daily Star Mar 31, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 Updated Mar 31, 2016; Wooton’s ...

But locoweed does not produce feeding aversion via fragrance or taste in any animals except rodents. Locoism, also called intoxication, does not appear until cattle and horses have been consuming ...

Locoweed contains something called swainsonine, an indolizidine alkaloid that is very nasty. It causes neurological damage in animals, especially cattle, sheep and horses.

Bethany Residents Face Fine For 'Locoweed' In Backyard Some metro residents are facing a hefty fine for a common plant that may be growing right in their yard. Monday, August 15th 2011, 11:02 pm.