jmsim93
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I have this everywhere on our property. I do not have a plant book and wouldn't know where to start in identifying it. Thought some the experts on here could help?
What is this plant? Is it poisonous??? **PIC**
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I have this everywhere on our property. I do not have a plant book and wouldn't know where to start in identifying it. Thought some the experts on here could help?
Squirrelgirl88
Loving the herd life
Around here we call it poke weed.
The pokeweeds, also known as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot, poke sallet,[3][4][5] polk salad[6], polk salat, polk sallet, inkberry or omb, comprise the genus Phytolacca, perennial plants native to North America, South America, East Asia and New Zealand. The generic name is derived from the Greek word φυτόν (phytos), meaning "plant," and the Latin word lacca, a red dye.[7] Pokeweed contains phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin, which are poisonous to mammals. However, the berries are eaten by birds, which are not affected by the toxin because the small seeds with very hard outer shells remain intact in the digestive system and are eliminated whole
The pokeweeds, also known as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot, poke sallet,[3][4][5] polk salad[6], polk salat, polk sallet, inkberry or omb, comprise the genus Phytolacca, perennial plants native to North America, South America, East Asia and New Zealand. The generic name is derived from the Greek word φυτόν (phytos), meaning "plant," and the Latin word lacca, a red dye.[7] Pokeweed contains phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin, which are poisonous to mammals. However, the berries are eaten by birds, which are not affected by the toxin because the small seeds with very hard outer shells remain intact in the digestive system and are eliminated whole
elevan
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Yep. Poke weed. I have one spot of it in my field that I keep trying to eradicate. It's poisonous and while your goats can eat small amounts of it without problem (mine have) I would get rid of it...especially if you have children who may go into the area.
currycomb
Overrun with beasties
before pke makes berries, it is highly prized as a salad green for humans. i fried some for a friend, said her son loved it, and he did, scarfed up every bit of it. once it makes berries, don't know of any animals that put it on their must eat list.
ChksontheRun
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We have a little of it and our goats have eaten it in very small amounts with no difficulty. Not particularly hardy, so once they ate it, it hasn't come back.
freemotion
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The greens are safest eaten in the spring when they are less than 8" tall, and should be cooked with 2-3 changes of water.
My goats will eat a bit of it early on but not much. I don't worry about it. I was taught as a child not to eat berries unless a parent ok'd it first, and learned rather young to identify many edible plants. I never ate anything poisonous. The world....and probably your lawn....is full of poisonous plants. So teaching your kids is rather important. Many decorative plants are rather poisonous, like lily of the valley and yew, both very common in landscapings. In this area, poke is EVERYWHERE.
What I'm trying to say is....don't lose sleep over pokeweed!
My goats will eat a bit of it early on but not much. I don't worry about it. I was taught as a child not to eat berries unless a parent ok'd it first, and learned rather young to identify many edible plants. I never ate anything poisonous. The world....and probably your lawn....is full of poisonous plants. So teaching your kids is rather important. Many decorative plants are rather poisonous, like lily of the valley and yew, both very common in landscapings. In this area, poke is EVERYWHERE.
What I'm trying to say is....don't lose sleep over pokeweed!
Goatherd
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I'm gettin' me a t-shirt with this on it!
elevan
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Mayapple, bloodroot, pokeweed, nightshade and hellebore are otherjmsim93 said:
alkaloidal plants. They are rarely eaten except when animals are
starving for better feed. Deaths from alkaloidal plants usually result
from severe digestive disturbances, pain and nervous symptoms. Animals
usually die in convulsions.
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We have it now, mainly in flowerbeds. I just chopped a big plant with a shovel the other day and water just poured right out of the stalk. When I was growing up we had it ALL OVER our pasture. None of the animals touched it. My sister and I used to use the berries to dye our white sneakers.
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jmsim93
Ridin' The Range
My DH cleared it out yesterday!!! He knows how to make me happy!!!! 
He knows how to make me happy!!!! 
