Native Plant Bibliography

Poisonous Plants of the Central United States

Author(s): Stephens, H.A.

Year: 1980

Publisher: Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas

ISBN: 0700602046

Subject: Poisonous Plants

Comments: Amazon.com This illustrated handbook provides detailed descriptions of approximately 300 poisonous plants--including garden vegetables, flowers, and house plants--found in the central portion of the United States. It is the only book to describe the symptoms of poisoning in both humans and farm animals. The information given for each species includes its scientific name, common name, and family name; its physical characteristics--roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds; its habitat and range of distribution; and--set apart for easy reference--its toxic principle and the symptoms of poisoning.

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