Is there a list of the 10 most poisonous plants in North America.....?
Is there a list of the 10 most poisonous plants in North America.....?
Here it is. Scroll down the page a bit and there you'll find it.
http://green-magazine.blogspot.com/2...poisonous.html
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
Here's another "Top 10" list for horses:
http://www.raspberryridge.com/Featur...s%20plants.htm
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
good post on the horses ken thanks
always be prepared-prepare all ways
http://wareaglesurvival.blogspot.com
Another very good website:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
Those are the "MOST" poisonous plants in North America......????? Really.....? No Baneberry..?? or Death Camas...??? or Monkshood...???
Last edited by Sourdough; 05-18-2008 at 11:50 AM.
Maybe I need to ask the question differently. Hold the Horse, dog, monkey, poisonous plants.
FOR HUMANS; WHAT IS THE MOST POISONOUS PLANTS FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA. Sorry I was not clear.
I'm trying, hopeak.
http://www.fs.fed.us/ipnf/eco/yourfo...nousplants.pdf
“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
Hopeak, there is a list of poisonous plants in my Peterson field guide. Here are some of the ones known to have caused fatalities.
American Yew
Azalea
Baneberries
Black Locust
Canada Moonseed
Castor-bean
Common Tansy
Ergot
False Hellebore
Horsechestnut, Buckeye
Jimsonweed
Lantana
Laurel
Mistletoe
Monkshood
Mushrooms
Nightshades
Pokeweed
Rhododendron
Water-hemlock
White Snakeroot
Wild Cherries
Yellow Jessamine
There are many others considered poisonous but these have been documented to have caused death.
Page 7 if anyone has Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America.
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Rick, Thank you......Now to refine it farther, which is the three most leathal.......?
Pokeweed... I love that stuff. Around here we all call it Poke Salad. We actually treat it like turnip or collard greens and eat them.
Daniel
What's so crazy about standing toe-to-toe saying I am?
~Rocky Balboa
I know that my knowledge of wild edibles (and poisonous plants) is pretty weak, but I was wondering the same thing.
According to the CDC, Water Hemlock is the most poisonous plant in North America.
"Water hemlock -- also known as beaver poison, children's bane, death-of-man, poison parsnip, and false parsley -- is in the same family as parsley, parsnips, celery, and carrots. It is similar in appearance to parsnips, smells like fresh turnips, and tastes sweet, but it is the most toxic indigenous plant in North America."
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/00026056.htm
1 down, 2 to go...
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I can offer up some books.
Human Poisoning from Native and Cultivated Plants. Hardin, James W. and Jay M. Arena.
Poisonous Plants of the United States and Canada. Kingsbury, John M.
Deadly Harvast: A Guide to Common Poisonous Plants. I don't know the author of this one.
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I just stumbled upon this and thought it was good advice:
There are bold mushroom hunters and there are old mushroom hunters, but there are no old bold mushroom hunters. --- A wise person
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Here is a nice site from Purdue University (Yeah, Indiana!) that lists plant by Extremely Toxic, Moderately Toxic and Minimally Toxic. I think that's about the best we're going to get. I don't know that being dead from Hemlock is better or worse than being dead from Castor Bean. (shrug).
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/depts/addl/toxic/bytox1.htm
Be sure to check out Animal Affected in each of the plants listed.
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