Native Plants

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Monday - May 20, 2013
From: Dallas, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Invasive Plants, Non-Natives, Poisonous Plants, Vines
Title: Non-native Star Jasmine poisonous to dogs from Dallas
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
Is star jasmine poisonous to dogs?ANSWER:
Here is a previous Mr. Smarty Plants answer to that question, along with some databases you can search for poisonous plants.
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