TIMELY REMINDER ON POISONOUS PLANTS AND WEEDS ACT
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ScotGov issued a timely reminder this week on poisonous plants, including those covered by the Weeds Act. Some of these toxic threats are well known, such as ragwort, yew and foxgloves. But there are also lesser-known risks to look out for including sycamore seeds – which have recently been discovered to be noxious - and hemlock water dropwort, also known as poisonous parsnip, which is particularly profuse this summer and responsible for the deaths of dairy replacements near Stranraer a few weeks ago.
In exceptional cases Scottish Ministers can, under the Weeds Act, require landowners to take action to stop some poisonous plants spreading but this is limited to a very small number of specified plants and is deployed only when there is a clear and direct threat, for example to livestock or horses. The Weeds Act 1959 covers spear thistle, creeping field thistle, curled dock, broad-leaved dock and ragwort.
The ScotGov guidance on ragwort is at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/12/03104249/0
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