Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) is an extremely hardy, fast-growing ornamental vine with high-climbing stems. It flowers between the months of March to May, where it produces dangling, stalked clusters of fragrant and attractive, lavender to violet sweetpea-like flowers. Flattened seed pods appear late summer, which are greenish brown to golden in color. Each seedpods contains 1 to 8 round brown seeds.
Toxic components
All parts of W. frutescens are toxic to horses. It contains wistarine, which is a type of glycoside, and lectins. Ingestion of W. frutescens mainly affects the horse's gastrointestinal system. Symptoms can appear up to 24 hours after ingestion.
- Weight Loss
- Dehydration
- Colic
- Diarrhea
- Loss Of Appetite
MECHANICAL CONTROL:
Cutting: Cut climbing or trailing vines as close to the root collar as possible. This technique is feasible on small populations, as a pretreatment on large impenetrable sites, in areas where a herbicide cannot be used, or if labor resources are not sufficient to adequately imp
