The Deadly Plants That Can Be Found Everywhere

"The deadly plants that can be found everywhere" is an in-depth and comprehensive guide that explores the world of deadly plants and provides invaluable knowledge to readers. From residential areas to natural environments, urban landscapes to public parks, this book delves into the diverse range of plants that pose potential risks to humans, pets, and wildlife. The book begins by presenting intriguing facts about deadly plants, capturing the reader's attention from the very beginning. It highlights the importance of understanding and identifying these plants, debunking common misconceptions that often surround them. Readers are introduced to the various categories of deadly plants, including poisonous and toxic species, and gain insights into their different characteristics and effects. The chapters of the book cover a wide array of topics, including the defense mechanisms employed by plants and the factors that make some plants more dangerous than others. The exploration extends to the identification and characteristics of common deadly plants found in residential areas, enabling readers to recognize potential hazards in their own surroundings. Moving beyond residential areas, the book takes readers on a journey through natural environments, uncovering the hazardous plants found in forests, meadows, and other outdoor settings. It emphasizes the importance of safety measures for hikers, campers, and outdoor enthusiasts, equipping them with the knowledge to navigate these environments with caution. The book doesn't stop at natural environments. It also delves into the presence of deadly plants in urban landscapes, parks, and gardens. Readers gain an understanding of the potential dangers associated with these public areas and learn how to identify and avoid risky encounters.

Describes the physical characteristics and natural habitats of several varieties of plants, as well as their poisonous, medical, and magical properties.

The botanical history of Britain and North West Europe has a dark and a light side. Plants have been used as weapons to harm people, taken deliberately as addictive drugs and also employed as tools in witchcraft and used as magical amulets. Yet many of these same plants have been medicinally vital to numerous European communities; as the author notes, frequently the only difference between a benevolent medicine and a poison is dosage. In this book, which is richly illustrated with modern colour photographs and illustrations from herbals, Robert Bevan-Jones brings together a wealth of documentary and archaeo-botanical sources to discuss the cultural, social (and anti-social) role of the fifty most significant species of poisonous plants and fungi found in Britain, either as natives or as introductions. An introductory essay puts into context the development of British society's knowledge of toxic plants: the 'cultural botany' applied in Britain today has evolved over thousands of years, absorbing information from European texts and importing useful plants from Europe, such as the mandrake. The book's central A to Z section - from aconite to yew - then informs the reader about the history and uses of 43 species of poisonous plants, especially those that have a documented history of medicinal usage. Four important fungi species - death cap, liberty cap, fly agaric and ergot - also have separate essays. As well as the plants' histories and appearance, their chemical constituents receive coverage; these give them powerful and diverse properties, which demand our admiration and respect. The book aims to add to the knowledge offered by field identification guides, and help reduce the risk associated with accidental ingestion. Case histories are given in as much detail as possible and the information will hopefully help the reader understand the properties of plants they may encounter, either in an archaeological, botanical or horticultural context. Most of these plants can yet be found growing in woodlands, parks, botanical gardens, roadsides, waterways, churchyards and abbey sites. This is an essential book not only for botanists and historical ecologists, but also for anyone interested in the toxic plant traditions of Britain and Europe.

Discusses about thirty poisonous plants, their toxic effects on humans and animals, and how they can be used beneficially.

Bringing this authentic, traditional spiritual practice to light in modern context. Regional traditional witchcraft is an animistic form of witchcraft that moves away from the religious harvest festivals and fertility-minded practices associated with the more common Wiccan form of witchcraft. Very few of us in this age are farmers or dependent upon crops and harvests. Regional traditional witchcraft teaches people to find their craft in their own backyards, in the uncultivated land or urban cityscape alike, and in their ancestors rather than in ancient foreign deities or in a neopagan-styled religious form of witchcraft. It's not about where you're from but where you are. The material in this book is adaptable to any region in which the practitioner lives. Although the lack of deity worship and holy days is a significant part of the authors' nonreligious approach, this book presents a complete system of practice utilizing ritual, chant, trance, the six paths of witchcraft as defined and explained by the text, and the practices associated with traditional witchcraft.

The second edition of this book is created to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It lists common plants that might lead to the development of the symptom complex and describes the mechanisms of action of the implicated toxin, additional clinical manifestations, and specific therapeutics for each presentation. It has methodically enhanced the previous edition’s botanical rigor with insights from both pharmacognosy and clinical medicine to make it a truly comprehensive source for anyone who has an interest in plants.

Toxic Plants of North America, Second Edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference for both wild and cultivated toxic plants on the North American continent. In addition to compiling and presenting information about the toxicology and classification of these plants published in the years since the appearance of the first edition, this edition significantly expands coverage of human and wildlife—both free-roaming and captive—intoxications and the roles of secondary compounds and fungal endophytes in plant intoxications. More than 2,700 new literature citations document identification of previously unknown toxicants, mechanisms of intoxication, additional reports of intoxication problems, and significant changes in the classification of plant families and genera and associated changes in plant nomenclature. Toxic Plants of North America, Second Edition is a comprehensive, essential resource for veterinarians, toxicologists, agricultural extension agents, animal scientists, and poison control professionals.

An A-Z guide to poisonous plants in the Southwest and northwest Mexico features an illustration of each plant, accompanied by a description and information on distribution, toxic parts, what poisons they contain, symptoms of poisoning, and more.