About
Toxic plants can be a potential threat to livestock well-being. A Purdue University multi-disciplinary team developed an outside live-plant exhibit next to the Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory located at the Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center (SIPAC), Dubois, IN.
In the fall of 2022, twenty-one different plants, each potentially toxic when consumed by livestock, were selected and individually seeded or transplanted into the exhibit. A placard is located at each plant with its name and a QR code that links to the pages with more information, which are found on this website.
In 2023, the exhibit was visited by International Grassland Congress tourists, Purdue Extension Educators, Grazing School clientele, and by individuals that come to the agricultural center and Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
Browse through each of the pages below to learn more about each of these toxic plants.
Project Team
Jason Tower
Superintendent, SIPAC
Grant Burcham
Veterinary Diagnostician, College of Veterinary Medicine
Molley Hasenour
Senior Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development / Ag & Natural Resources
Keith Johnson
Professor of Agronomy, Forage Management
Jacob Tower
Undergraduate Student in Agriculture
