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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1245 
Washington, D. C. 
December 22, 1924 
STOCK-POISONING PLANTS OF THE RANGE 
By 
C. D. MARSH 
Physiologist, in Charge of Investigations of Stock Poisoning by Plants 
Pathological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Prefatory Note 1 
Introduction 2 
Death Camas 4 
Oak 6 
Greasewood 7 
Larkspurs 7 
Wild Cherry 13 
Lupines 13 
Indian Turnip 15 
Coffee Bean 15 
Loco Plants 16 
Coyotillo 21 
Page 
Water Hemlock 22 
Laurels 23 
Milkweeds. 25 
Cocklebur,CIotbur 27 
Western Sneezeweed 28 
Baccharis pteronioides 23 
Woody Aster 30 
Colorado Rubber Plant, or Pingue 30 
Rayless Goldenrod 31 
Fern 31 
Pretention of Losses 32 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1924 
