BIOLOGICAL FLORA OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES: IV. TRIGLOCHIN L., THE GENUS
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Plant Science
- Vol. 56 (3) , 725-732
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjps76-113
Abstract
T. maritima L., seaside arrowgrass, and T. palustris L., marsh arrowgrass, are widespread on wet saline and high lime soils in the Prairie Provinces of Canada. The morphology, ecology and general biology of the 2 spp. are discussed with special emphasis on their poisonous properties. Triglochin is cyanogenic and the hydrocyanic acid formed on injury to the plants sometimes causes severe cattle losses.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: