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	Tansy Rayner Roberts
		Tansy is the author of the award-winning Splashdance Silver, its sequel Liquid Gold, and the chapbook novelette Hobgoblin Boots all set in the comic fantasy land of Mocklore.
		Tansy’s alter ego Cassiphone has a LiveJournal that is regularly updated with her writing, reading, editing and toddler news.
		Tansy is currently working on The Creature Court, a dark fantasy epic that is set in the city of Aufleur and is inspired by Ancient Rome as well as the 1920's, and So Unfairy, a YA comedy about a fairy godmother in training.
	www.tansyrr.com (205 words)

	Tansy Ragwort in British Columbia
		Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobeae) is a poisonous plant causing environmental deterioration, loss of pasture for grazing animals and even unthriftiness and death to livestock in the Lower Fraser Valley and southern Vancouver Island.
		Tansy ragwort is a biennial to short-lived perennial plant in the Sunflower family.
		Tansy ragwort is easily controlled in the seedling to young rosette stage with the herbicide 2,4-D as either the amine or low-volatile ester formulation.
	www.agf.gov.bc.ca /cropprot/tansy.htm (1319 words)

	Nova Scotia Agriculture - Nova Scotia Noxious Weeds: Tansy Ragwort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tansy ragwort is generally a biennial forming a rosette its first year of growth.
		Tansy ragwort is a biennial or short-lived perennial spreading by windborne seeds and root buds.
		Tansy ragwort is fairly common from Colchester County east to Cape Breton, with infrequent occurances in the western part of Nova Scotia.
	www.gov.ns.ca /nsaf/rir/weeds/tansy.shtml (742 words)

	Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.): Forage Information System
		Where tansy ragwort is allowed to grow and set seed undisturbed, it normally germinates in fall or early winter, lives until late spring as a rosette, and dies in the fall after producing flowers and seeds.
		Tansy ragwort begins its first year as a seedling with smooth, uniform leaves and develops a dense rosette of basal leaves that vary in color, shape, and hairiness.
		Tansy ragwort found outside recorded infestations should be destroyed after a sample is collected for positive identification by the county weed supervisor.
	forages.oregonstate.edu /main.cfm?PageID=219 (3376 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tansy ragwort, an erect, robust biennial or short-lived perennial, develops a stout rootstock from which grow numerous rather fleshy roots extending to a 30-cm depth.
		Tansy ragwort was introduced into North America early on, and was observed in Canada in the 1850's (1).
		Tansy ragwort was introduced to western Oregon in the late 1800's, and within 50 yr became the region's most noxious weed (18).
	www.wssa.net /photo&info/larrymitich_info/tansyragwort.html (1742 words)

	Tansy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tansy resists frost and cold, and its attractive yellow flower heads are extremely long lasting, both when they are in bloom and after they have been picked and dried.
		Tansy may be used externally to kill scabies, fleas, and lice, but even external application of tansy preparations carries the risk of toxicity.
		For intestinal worms tansy may be used with wormwood and a carminative such as chamomile in conjunction with a purgative like senna.
	www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_tansy.htm (904 words)

	Intriguing World of Weeds-(12/11/98) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tansy was considered a cure for intestinal worms (17); it helped with rheumatism and 'brought out' the measles (5) and fevers (10); it helped to relieve digestive problems and to heal sores (10).
		Tansy has been the subject of a great deal of modern research-initially in investigation of its medicinal, repellent, and preservative properties, and later because it was found that essential oils of this plant vary greatly with seasons and between individuals (4).
		Tansy is now a problem along ditch-banks, fencerows, and roadsides in temperate western states such as Idaho and Wyoming (6, 11), and its occupation of the United States seems complete.
	www.wssa.net /photo&info/weedstoday_info/tansy.htm (1322 words)

	The Gardener's Network -Flowers : How to Grow Tansy Flowers
		Tansy is great in the flower bed as borders, edging, or in clumps.
		Tansy are grown from seeds in the spring.
		Tansy has natural repellents to insects and is sometimes used in organic sprays.
	www.gardenersnet.com /flower/tansy.htm (239 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Tansy - Herb Profile and Information
		Tansy was one of the Strewing Herbs mentioned by Tusser in 1577, and was one of the native plants dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
		These Tansy cakes were made from the young leaves of the plant, mixed with eggs, and were thought to purify the humours of the body after the limited fare of Lent.
		Tansy is largely used for expelling worms in children, the infusion of 1 OZ.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/t/tansy-05.html (1071 words)

	King Conservation District \| Publications \| Pastures \| Tansy Ragwort
		Tansy ragwort is a member of the sunflower family.
		Since tansy easily invades areas where the soil is exposed, it helps to move animals off of any wet areas before they break through the sod layer.
		Tansy ragwort is often confused with common tansy.
	www.kingcd.org /pub_pas_tan.htm (567 words)

	Tansy
		The woman using the tansy, used a handful of the dried aerial part of the herb or a handful and a half of the fresh aerial parts steeped in one or two cups of water.
		Tansy contains thujone, which is known to be mutagenic, meaning that it disrupts normal DNA and cell replication, causing birth defects.
		Tansy should be used with caution, and at first signs of toxicity herbs should be reduced or discontinued.
	www.sisterzeus.com /Tansy.htm (1090 words)

	Information about tansy ragwort
		Tansy ragwort is now found on the east and west coasts of the United States, and it is also found in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, and South Africa (Sharrow et al.
		The economic impact of tansy ragwort in Oregon during the 1970’s included: more than $4 million a year lost in livestock poisoning; the loss of five to ten percent of cattle herds and dairies were forced to close (Rees et al.
		Tansy ragwort is invasive and aggressive and will quickly establish in newly disturbed sites, which include poorly managed pastures and recently logged forest areas.
	www.nwcb.wa.gov /weed_info/Written_findings/Senecio_jacobaea.html (1933 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : Tansy Pudding (Recipe)
		Tansy is that bitter plant with yellow button flowers which grew in your grandmother's garden.
		Tansy tea was a cure for colds, and tansy puddings and cakes were commonly eaten during spring.
		Tansy was often used in vinegar sauce to accompany roast lamb.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/recipes/view.cfm?id=210 (287 words)

	Tansy has beautiful yellow summer flowers and is a powerful insecticide.
		Tansy, however, is poisonous in large doses, sometimes even in moderate doses, so unless you have experience with this herb, you should not use it, or use it in very small, experimental doses.
		As Felter puts it, 'Tansy is a uterine stimulant and emmenagogue, and is a popular but unsafe remedy to restore arrested or delayed menstruation.' Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'Tansy is largely used for expelling worms in children, the infusion of 1 oz.
		Tansy is much employed in the form of fomentation to swellings and tumors, local inflammations, etc., and applied to the bowels in amenorrhoea, and painful dysmenorrhoea.
	www.taoherbfarm.com /herbs/herbs/tansy.htm (1683 words)

	Oregon Department of Agriculture
		Still, there are some folks who remember the bad old days when tansy ragwort was so invasive that cattle and horse owners in Oregon reported more than $4 million in losses each year as their animals grazed on affected pasture.
		Tansy ragwort has the distinction of being the only weed for which a Governor's Task Force was created.
		ODA officials say as long as animals are not dying, the insects are doing their job at controlling tansy, despite some flare ups of the weed.
	www.oda.state.or.us /information/news/1998/tansy_comeback.html (971 words)

	Pasture Management for Control of Tansy Ragwort: Forage Information System
		Tansy ragwort has been reported in Idaho and is considered a serious potential weed problem that has not yet reached a level of economic importance.
		Experiments show that dry tansy ragwort (weighing 2 percent of a weaned calf s body weight) fed over a 15- to 30-day period is enough to kill the animal.
		The incidence of tansy ragwort is lower on well-managed pastures.
	forages.oregonstate.edu /main.cfm?PageID=220 (3176 words)

	Tansy Ragwort
		Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is a Eurasian weed first reported in Oregon in 1922.
		Most tansy poisoning occurs when the rosettes are below the level of the surrounding grass making it harder for grazing animals to differentiate.
		Tansy ragwort is a biennial or short-lived perennial.
	coosswcd.oacd.org /tansy_text.htm (421 words)

	Noxious Weed IVM Guide - Tansy Ragwort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tansy or common ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, is a weed of the sunflower family Asteracaeae.
		Tansy ragwort is native to Europe, Asia and Siberia, extending north as far as Norway and south into Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
		During the summer period, tansy ragwort is considered a good feed for sheep, and because the lethal dose of tansy ragwort for sheep is about 200 to 300% of body weight, acute poisoning is rare.
	www.efn.org /~ipmpa/Noxtansy.html (4390 words)

	ICNWCB - Tansy Ragwort
		Tansy Ragwort, Senecio jacobeae, is becoming more and more visible in Island County.
		Tansy Ragwort is toxic, and can be lethal to cattle and horses, and to a lesser extent to goats (seldom to sheep).
		Tansy Ragwort becomes more tolerant of selective herbicides as the stems elongate in early June.
	www.island.wsu.edu /weeds/tansy.html (873 words)

	Dog Owner's Guide: The taming of Tansy
		Tansy’s medium-long, double coat picked up lots of debris when she romped in the field behind the house, so it was important that she learn to stand to have her hair brushed and the seed pods and foxtails removed from her fur.
		Tansy liked to chase tennis ball ‘sticks’ and crinkle balls (2); Matt would call her to ‘come,’ and when she reached the spot where he was standing, he’d toss the toy over his shoulder for her to chase.
		If Tansy was distracted and toys and treats did not hold her attention, Mom would attach the leash to the dog’s collar and tug lightly as she gave the command to ‘come.’ Once she had Tansy’s attention, she lightened her voice and encouraged the dog to come, and Tansy willingly obeyed.
	www.canismajor.com /dog/taming.html (1921 words)

	Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), from the Montana State University Extension Service
		Human consumption of common tansy has been practiced for centuries with few ill effects, yet the toxic properties of the plants are cumulative and long term consumption of large quantities has caused convulsions and even death.
		Common tansy is often confused with tansy ragwort (Senecio Jacobea), a poisonous pasture weed and statewide noxious weed.
		Tansy ragwort can be distinguished from common tansy by its ray flowers (petals), absence of sharp toothed leaves and the long fringe of soft white hairs found on the seeds (Figure 3).
	www.montana.edu /wwwpb/pubs/mt9911.html (1787 words)

	tansy - Encyclopedia.com
		tansy, perennial herb (Tanacetum vulgare) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), native to Europe but naturalized in North America.
		Tansy tea was formerly a household medicine and is still used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of external bruises and inflammations.
		Tansy is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-tansy.html (360 words)

	Tansy Ragwort Identification
		An invader from Europe, tansy ragwort was first seen in seaports in the early 1900's and is often spread in contaminated hay.
		When prevalent, tansy ragwort is one of the most common causes of poisoning in cattle and horses, caused by consumption of the weed found in pasture, hay or silage.
		Its seeds have a white pappus and are wind-carried, resulting in rapid spread of tansy ragwort infestations.
	dnr.metrokc.gov /wlr/LANDS/Weeds/ragwort.htm (445 words)

	Species at risk - Floccose Tansy
		The Floccose Tansy is a stout perennial plant that grows from 20 to 40 cm high from a rhizome with an extensively branched root system.
		Like other species of tansy, this one must likely be cross pollinated by insects and reproduces from seeds as well as vegetatively by means of horizontal rhizomes to produce clonal colonies.
		Although the dunes occur in a remote area, threats to the tansy from potential increased public accessibility to the dune fields include trampling and habitat disturbance by sight-seekers, eco-tourists, and various forms of recreational use of the dunes (e.g., dune buggies, motorcycles).
	www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca /search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=627 (492 words)

	Susun Weed's Wise Woman Forum :: View topic - Tansy Article by Simon Mitchell - Nov Weed Wanderi
		In the wider reading I have done on Tansy recently it is equally obvious that there is a long traditional use of this herb.
		Yes Tansy has some strong poisons in it, which is why one wouldn't take it long term, and why one takes a low dose.
		It seems to me that the author was using Tansy as an example of how humans have had a self-medicating instinct that we have lost touch with.
	www.susunweed.com /weedforum/viewtopic.php?t=6974&view=previous (1460 words)

	Composer [Tansy Davies] / BMIC
		Tansy Davies rose to prominence on the British scene with a sequence of ensemble works for the Composers Ensemble (Patterning), the London Sinfonietta (Torsion) and The Brunel Ensemble (The Void in this Colour), all of which bear the hallmarks of her apprenticeship under Simon Bainbridge and Simon Holt.
		In her recent work, Davies has found an accommodation between the worlds of the avant-garde and experimental rock, between - in the words of one critic - Xenakis and Prince.
		Tansy Davies' recent works include Contraband for the Britten Sinfonia, Streamlines for the CBSO Youth Orchestra, Spiral House for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, kingpin for the City of London Sinfonia and Falling Angel for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Thomas Adès.
	www.bmic.co.uk /Composers/cv_details.asp?ComposerID=2492 (430 words)

	What is Tansy Ragwort? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tansy occurs in open fields in relatively moist environments.
		Tansy displaces native grasslands and creates dense fields of tall, yellow flowers.
		Tansy is toxic to livestock, altough it is not known to harm any wild animals.
	www.nps.gov /redw/tansy.htm (216 words)

	Tansy
		Tansy oil has been used for indigestion, symptoms of menopause, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and intestinal worms, but again without demonstrable value.
		Tansy also has a long-standing association with the Easter holiday; cakes made with Tansy leaves were traditionally eaten at the end of Lent.
		Tansy has been used to trigger abortions and should be strictly avoided during pregnancy.
	www.pdrhealth.com /drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/herbaldrugs/102750.shtml (239 words)

	Common Tansy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Common tansy is a member of the Aster family.
		Originally imported from Europe as an ornamental, it is a perennial plant that grows from 1-½ feet to 6 feet tall with yellow button-like flowers and fern-like leaves.
		Tansy is particularly aggressive when growing along irrigation ditches where it can restrict water flow.
	www.aspenpitkin.com /misc/weeds/common_tansy.htm (96 words)

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