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Member of Taxus genus native to southern Illinois from Granite City IL
July 12, 2013
Is there a native Southern Illinois similar to Taxus baccata? I live in Granite City IL and am looking for a native plant/scrub that stays green year round about 2-3 feet tall to it helps insulate the...
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Is Sucissa pratensis (Devil's bit scabious) allelopathic?
July 04, 2013
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center pointed me to you. Can you comment on Devil's Bit Scabious? A neighbor pointed out these volunteer plants in my yard and wants me to kill them. He called them Devi...
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Can oleander poison the ground below it?
June 29, 2013
Can oleander poison the ground below it? Would it kill/damage grass or other plants below it? Thanks.
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Poison Ivy in Semi-wetland Massachusetts
June 27, 2013
You answered this question for Tennessee, but I would like an answer for a Massachusetts semi-wetlands area: What can I plant to discourage poison ivy, or at least make it very clear that it is poison...
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Major poisonous plants in California
June 26, 2013
Hi! So I'm working on an art project that requires a comprehensive list of poisonous plants within California. I'm looking specifically however, for plants which are fatally poisonous (upon inges...
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Is non-native Ixora poisonous to horses?
June 26, 2013
My horse was eating an ixora bush at a park in south florida. Is the Ixora shrub poisonous to horses?
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Source for a soapberry in Pittsburgh PA
June 22, 2013
Flower box Where can I buy a soapberry tree in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania?
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Can poisonous seed of wild plum be safely removed after steaming from Seymour IA
June 20, 2013
I read on a related questions that you said the pit/seeds of all wild plums are poisonous. My question is this, can I juice the entire fruit for making jelly without removing the pit first? I have a s...
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Can animals eat bottlebrush buckeye without being poisoned?
June 13, 2013
Can deer, bear and wild turkey and squirrels eat the nuts and leaves from the bottlebrush buckeye shrub without being posioned by it.
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Ingestion of agave sap from Albuquerque NM
June 11, 2013
My boyfriend was out in the Arizona desert without water for two days and sought moisture through what he thought was a yucca plant but instead we believe was agave. He sucked the moisture off the ins...
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