Ragwort contains a battery of toxic and resilient alkaloids: even honey made from its flowers contains the poison in dilute form.
狗舌草含有大量有毒且适应力强的生物碱:即使是用它的花制成的蜂蜜也含有稀释后的毒素。
Ragwort was accidentally introduced to New Zealand in the late nineteenth century and, like so many invading foreign species, quickly became a pest.
19世纪末,狗舌草被偶然引入新西兰,像许多入侵的外来物种一样,它很快就变成了一种有害生物。
The severity of the impact was increased because cattle, which were displacing sheep, are much more sensitive than sheep to the toxins contained in ragwort.