A Friendly Tour of Common New Mexico Poisonous Plants

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Range Science 316 Poisonous Range
Plants Kelly W. Allred Range Science
Herbarium Department of Animal Range
Sciences New Mexico State University
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Broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias latifolia, cardiac
glycosides
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Horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata,
cardiac glycosides
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Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, cyanide
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Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron rydbergii, dermititis
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Wooly locoweed, Astragalus mollissimus,
swainsonine alkaloides
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Lamberts crazyweed, Oxytropis lambertii,
swainsonine alkaloides
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Western water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, cicutoxin
alcohol
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Poison hemlock, Conium maculatum, pyridine
alkaloids
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Thornapple, Datura wrightii, tropane alkaloids
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Larkspur, Delphinium genus., diterpenoid alkaloids
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Kochia, Kochia scoparia, oxalates, alkaloids,
saponins, nitrate, sulfate
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Dock, Rumex species, oxalates
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Russian thistle, Salsola tragus, nitrate
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Filaree, Erodium cicutarium, nitrate
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Snakeweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae , saponin,
selenium
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Orange sneezeweed Helenium hoopesii, glycoside
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Halogeton, Halogeton glomeratus, oxalates
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Lupinus, Lupinus genus, alkaloids
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Tansy mustard, Descurrainia pinnata, nitrate
one unknown
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London Rocket, Sisymbrium irio, nitrate