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Poisonous Plants
How to recognise
and deal with them
This list is not
exhaustive but it covers the most likely problems.
It's alphabetical - after RAGWORT - the biggest killer!
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Monk's Hood
Allegedly the most poisonous plant in
the UK, it can cause sudden death from Asphyxia and circulatory
collapse. Fortunately, it is also rare - favouring high altitude
woodland and river banks. (also known as Wolfsbane.)
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Privet
A popular garden hedge - and there is also a
wild version that grows along hedgerows. It is very poisonous
and careless disposal of clippings is the main danger.
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Ragwort
The number one threat to
horses and ponies because it is common and because it is a cumulative
poison. The best method of dealing with it is to pull it by hand
before it seeds and BURN IT! Wear gloves when handling it - you
can absorb the toxin through your skin.
Particularly dangerous
when cut with hay!
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Plant
Flowers:
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Rhododendron
There are many attractive garden
varieties and it is also an invasive woodland shrub. All parts
of it are poisonous.
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St.John's Wort
Prefers dry grassland, rocky slopes,
and open woodland and contains a pigment that causes photosensitization
(sunburn). Can also cause loss of appetite, staggering
gait and coma. Low levels of poisoning may be common.
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Yew
This is the one that is REALLY
dangerous if you live next to a churchyard or have neighbours with a
yew hedge bordering on your field! It's seriously poisonous and
horses will eat all parts of it - fresh or dry.
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