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| I have these berries growing over the fence from the neighbors yard. Can anyone identify them? |
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- Posted by xysterdust none (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 13:57
| with flowers |
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- Posted by Thedecoguy South West 9 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 14:01
| Phytolacca americana |
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- Posted by lisanti07028 z6NJ (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 17:15
| The flowers are from something else; a close-up would help with an ID. |
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| The flowers look like white snakeroot, Ageratina altissima. |
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- Posted by ravencajun 8 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 1:36
| I noticed that the pokeweed is growing all around what looks like a child's play house, please note it is extremely toxic, and the berries can be alluring to children and animals. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pokeweed
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- Posted by ravencajun 8 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 1:39
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- Posted by ravencajun 8 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 1:41
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- Posted by xysterdust none (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 9:33
| Thank you all for the responses. Yes I looked it up as well and it is very alarming. Had a talk with the kids until we can coordinate getting rid of it. Thank you all. Your eyes are amazing. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Sun, Oct 14, 12 at 12:14
| That looks like a good spot where boiling water may kill the root. Chop plant at ground level, douse with boiling water. |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 15, 12 at 8:04
| Such plants in your living space are good teaching tools for plant safety. Please take the opportunity to do a little more sharing with your children. Toxic plants are all around us and while we can remove them from our yards (maybe - there are many!), we can't remove such things from every place they will be. We see too many people come here for an ID of a completely unknown plant or fruit that someone has eaten or tasted. Wow. Such a very dangerous thing to be doing. Depending upon the ages of your kids...... When sharing with your kids, besides telling them that these plants are toxic, you can share these facts: poke shoots are eaten in the spring if boiled in multiple water changes, berries make an excellent dye, and poke has been used in herbal medicine. White snakeroot has also been used in herbal medicine (yes, toxic plants can sometimes be used for medicine by herbalists) but it was also the cause of "milk sickness." When cows grazed this plant and their milk was consumed by humans, the people became very ill and could die. Abraham Lincoln's mother died from milk sickness - not vampires! ;) Sometimes these sorts of facts can help make the lesson more interesting and staying. Check out Plants For a Future (pfaf.org) if you wish to check what I've said. I'm sure they have this info (though not the bit about milk sickness/Lincoln) there. I'm sure you could find out more on that via googling milk sickness. FataMorgana |
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