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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
Keywords
Western Australia, South-Western Australia, South West, Toxic plants, Toxic plants distribution
First Page Number
113
Last Page Number
122
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
From the earliest days of settlement in Western Australia, native species of J- plants have been responsible for stock losses. As early as 1837, the plant now known as York Road Poison, was apparently causing the death of cattle, sheep and goats in the Guildford area, although the cause of the losses was at that time unknown. By 1842, James Drummond, the earliest of the botanical workers in Western Australia, had identified at least three species of Gastrolobium and one species of Oxylobium as being toxic. Subsequent experience in the field, together with experimental evidence has proved that 25 species of Gastrolobium and six species of Oxylobium are toxic to stock.
Recommended Citation
Royce, R D.
(1952)
"The distribution of some important toxic plants of South-Western Australia,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3: Vol. 1:
No.
6, Article 22.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture3/vol1/iss6/22