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Common Toxic Plants for Florida Horse Owners

Alyssa Schortinghouse andBrent Sellers


Release Date: 9/1/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-vm247-2023

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication is intended to provide horse owners with critical information about common toxic plants encountered in Florida. Written by Alyssa Schortinghouse and Brent Sellers, and published by the UF/IFAS Veterinary Medicine—Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department, January 2023.

About this Publication

This document is VM247, one of a series of the Veterinary Medicine—Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2023. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Schortinghouse, A., & Sellers, B. (2023). Common Toxic Plants for Florida Horse Owners. EDIS, 2023(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-vm247-2023

Authors

Alyssa Schortinghouse
Alyssa Schortinghouse
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent II, agriculture and natural resources, UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County, Lecanto, FL

Brent Sellers
Brent Sellers
Specialist
University of Florida

center director and professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL

Publication #VM247

Peer Reviewed

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