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Saturday - May 30, 2009
From: Vernon, BC
Region: Canada
Topic: Trees
Title: Are blue spruce (Picea pungens) poisonous?
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
Are blue spruce trees poisonous at all? Thank you.ANSWER:
Mr. Smarty Plants would say that Picea pungens (blue spruce) is not poisonous since it does not appear on any of the following toxic plant databases:Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
Poisonous Plants of North Carolina
Cornell University's Plants Poisonous to Livestock
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