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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

1967

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Poison Plants Of Western Australia : The Toxic Species Of The Genera Gastrolobium And Oxylobium : Prickly Poison And Bullock Poison, T E H Aplin Jan 1967

Poison Plants Of Western Australia : The Toxic Species Of The Genera Gastrolobium And Oxylobium : Prickly Poison And Bullock Poison, T E H Aplin

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

PRICKLY POISON is one of the most widely distributed and one of the most variable of species of the genus Gastrolobium.


Water Blooms, T E H Aplin Jan 1967

Water Blooms, T E H Aplin

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

WHEN a body of water becomes discoloured with a super-abundance of free-floating, microscopic plant or, in rare cases, animal life, it is said to develop a "water bloom."

This article discusses some aspects of the appearance of water blooms, particularly those caused by algae, and with the effects that certain toxic algae have on livestock.