poisonous plant

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poisonous plant

Pharmacognosy A plant capable evoking a toxic response and/or death. See Botanical toxicity, Herbal medicine.

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James are at the USDA-ARS Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, 1150 E.

If you think your child has eaten part of a poisonous plant or suffered an allergic reaction to it, seek medical attention from the accident and emergency of your local hospital, taking a plant sample with you

HOMES & GARDENS: Choose plants carefully; They may look nice, but some plants are potentially lethal, warns Hannah Stephenson

To find out whether the weed is indeed dangerous for animals to eat, scientists in the ARS Poisonous Plant Research Unit at Logan, Utah, have begun tests.

Tall Whitetop's crowding out the natives

It's a severe skin irritant in bright sunlight If you think your child has eaten part of a poisonous plant or suffered an allergic reaction to it, don't panic but do seek medical attention from the accident and emergency of your local hospital, taking a plant sample with you, the RHS advises

Gardening: Is your garden safe

It must be remembered that the oleander (Nerium oleander) is a poisonous plant.

Gardening people: Q & A

Not that you would actually want a taste as it is a highly poisonous plant, particularly when it comes to the seeds, a point to remember if you have children of the age when they have a tendency to stick anything they find into their mouth.

Books

Other indirect expenses include fencing pastures, herding cattle to steer them away from dangerous plants, and poisonous plant eradication efforts.

Toxic encounters with range plants

The poisonous plant deadly nightshade is close relative of which vegetable?

QUIZ OF THE DAY

If you think your child has eaten part of a poisonous plant or suffered an allergic reaction, don't panic but do seek medical attention from your local hospital, taking a plant sample with you, the RHS advises.

Summer safety

A GARDENER on a PS4million estate died after apparently handling a poisonous plant growing in the grounds, an inquest heard yesterday.

'Poison plant killed estate groundsman'

The only sure way of ensuring your horse does not eat any poisonous plant is to check their grazing is free of poisonous weeds and keep boundary fences secure.

Beware the poison plants

1 If you suspect someone has swallowed a poisonous plant DO NOT induce vomiting, which rarely helps and may even make matters worse.