• PHOTO: Rock or Mulga Fern is just one of the plants currently putting local cattle at risk.
MID-winter seems to be the time of year that animals start to look for toxic plants to eat, and many are growing in the eastern part of the Coonamble district in abundance.
Anywhere with light red soil and pine trees is a high-risk patch of ground for Rock or Mulga Fern (Cheilanthes sieberi) to grow, and its effects can be devastating to cattle.
It causes damage to the part of . . .
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