Small toothed leaf in hay ID

[GypsGal1718]

 

[GypsGal1718]

If anyone knows asap as our hay is full of it!!!!

 

[Spiritedly]

Can't help with what it is but Google lens or apps like 'picture this' should be able to identify it.

 

[dreamcometrue]

Looks like Alder to me. I wouldn’t worry x

 

[Bradsmum]

Could be birch. Can you ask the supplier, if they cut & baled it, as they will know what trees are on the property.

 

[Landcruiser]

Another for alder. Totally ok for horses.

 

[Burnttoast]

Size? Looks like a burnet to me, probably fodder burnet (Poterium sanguisorba ssp. balearicum) based on the sharp-toothed margin. Alder leaves are serrated to a degree but not toothed.

 

[Sanversera]

Looks like hazel to me

 

[little_critter]

I thought alder too

 

[GypsGal1718]

Thanks all, it’s slightly bigger then a two p coin and I walked out to our field hedge with dog rose in it and it matched pretty perfectly

 

[Burnttoast]

If your hay has a lot of this it's a meadow plant, not a woody plant. Size is about right for fodder burnet. Can you ask the supplier?

 

[Parrotperson]

According to my plant app it’s great burnet. So ok for horses. Is a bit like hazel though. But I’d check with whoever made and sold the hay.

 

[Burnttoast]

According to my plant app it’s great burnet. So ok for horses. Is a bit like hazel though. But I’d check with whoever made and sold the hay.

I would think unlikely to be great burnet unless the hay has come off a conservation meadow. The other burnets are much more common and appear in seed mixes for horses.