locoweed
Range plant hazard
Locoweed is any of several plants in the American West that are toxic to livestock.
Animals that eat locoweed develop erratic, unpredictable behavior—hence the name, from Spanish *loco* meaning crazy.
Ranchers watch for signs of "locoism" in cattle and horses: staggering, weight loss, and neurological damage that can be fatal.
Capable of causing death
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- alkaloidNitrogenous plant compound
- lethalCausing or capable of death
swainsonine · harmful · dangerous · neurological · tremors · staggers · chronic · cumulative
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- rangeExtent of variation
pasture · herd · ranching · equine · bovine · forage · ranch · stockyard
Pod-producing plant family
- perennialRecurring each year
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- forbHerbaceous non-grass plant
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
rangeland · flora · vegetation · flowering · species · habitat · steppe · grassland
Total elimination of something
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- fencingCombat with blunted blades
overgrazing · infestation · spraying · removal · survey · monitoring · land · rancher
Causing sensory distortions
- psychoactiveAffecting brain and mood
- mind-alteringAffecting mental state
- intoxicatingCausing altered mental state
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
behavioral · erratic · disorientation · stupor · unpredictable · addictive · craving · habituated
poisonous
Capable of causing death
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- alkaloidNitrogenous plant compound
swainsonine · lethal · harmful · dangerous · neurological · tremors · staggers · chronic · cumulative · irreversible
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
range · pasture · herd · ranching · equine · bovine · forage · ranch · stockyard · feedlot
legume
Pod-producing plant family
- perennialRecurring each year
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- forbHerbaceous non-grass plant
prairie · rangeland · flora · vegetation · flowering · species · habitat · steppe · grassland · arid
eradication
Total elimination of something
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- preventionStopping something before occurring
fencing · overgrazing · infestation · spraying · removal · survey · monitoring · land · rancher · USDA
hallucinogenic
Causing sensory distortions
- psychoactiveAffecting brain and mood
- mind-alteringAffecting mental state
- intoxicatingCausing altered mental state
delirium · behavioral · erratic · disorientation · stupor · unpredictable · addictive · craving · habituated · neurological
- host plantsmilkweed, nettle, nettles, passionflower, pipevine
- legumespea, peas, bean, beans, lentils
- dryland plantssagebrush, big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, saltbush, greasewood
- Plant Toxinsricin, oleander, foxglove, deadly nightshade, nightshade
- Range Plantssagebrush, big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, saltbush, greasewood
- milk-vetches