Beautiful but Poisonous Plants


	Beautiful but Poisonous Plants
Kelika
9-20-2008 9:49 PM
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9-21-2008 1:04 PM
shaor
wow some of these are in my garden!! yikes!
9-21-2008 10:53 PM
tanyamm
My grandson picked some choke cherries and pretended to eat them! Now that I know what they are I'm not going to let him even touch them!
9-22-2008 6:54 PM
carrerinyes
Wow and they all look so lovely!
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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/">wolfsbane used to be a popular werewolf detection tool,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/"><STRONG>Bushman’s poison</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/D25BF4F9-C67B-4346-ABE6-9D2C276EF191" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/">used by the Khoisan of South Africa to poison the tips of their arrows.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/"><STRONG>Angel’s trumpet</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/82821B66-A537-4647-854D-AC96E16B3F75" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/"><STRONG>Choke cherry</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/DC336C45-E0AF-43A9-9580-7EFF50152F0E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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