Field full of Ragwort
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Field full of Ragwort
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 26 Jul 2020
This whole field is full of Ragwort, leading to the obvious conclusion that no-one intends to graze animals in there, and the sneaking suspicion that the next crop may be bricks and mortar. Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris, is a very important food source for many insect lavae, and the flowers feed the adults too. Ragwort contains toxins called pyrrolizidine alkaloids. These, accumulated over a period, can cause liver poisoning in horses and livestock
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Image Location
Latitude
52.889846
Longitude
-0.458806