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Oxalate and Mineral Contents of Halogeton Glomeratus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Howard L. Morton ,
Robert H. Haas  and
Lambert C. Erickson
Howard L. Morton
Affiliation:
Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Twin Falls, Idaho, now Research Agronomist, Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, College Station, Texas
Robert H. Haas
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Twin Falls, Idaho
Lambert C. Erickson
Affiliation:
Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho
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Oxalic acid and oxalates occur in many plants. Consumption of plants containing high concentration of oxalates can be poisonous to animals. This has been reported by several investigators (5, 7, 9). However, in only a few plants are oxalates found in sufficient quantities to be lethal. Some species with a relatively high oxalate content are: sorrel (Rumex spp.), rhubarb (Rheum spp.), greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus Torr.), soursobs (Oxalis cernus Thunb.), and halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus C. A. Mey.).

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Weeds , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 1959 , pp. 255 - 264
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Copyright © 1959 Weed Science Society of America 

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