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I think you are getting confused by Oxford ragwort Senecio squalidus. . ,Common ragwort Senecio jacobaea is a native plant and has always been present in good numbers -until recently - which is why so many insects, including bees, evolved to rely on it.

There was an earlier posts- stating they pulled ragwort whenever they were out walking -which is unlawful . Unfortunately it happens all the time in the New forest - and it is often just left. The New Forest is an SSSI and pulling even needs sign off from Natural England.

My reference was more in the countryside - rather than paddocks and grazing land as I qualified. Livestock would need to eat about 37 kg to cause a problem - and they dont like the taste - so it is usually only an issue where overgrazing has occurred (or land used for haylage) (The spread of...

Ragwort is probably the most important wildflowers -for native insects. At least two species of solitary bees are almost entirely dependent upon it. The chemicals present in ragwort are also present in clovers and bracken. The threat to livestock has been massively over-blown - presumably...