Poisonous Plants

Deadly Plants!? If you scroll down, you will find them on this page in my Quiz and my Graph.	This is a picture I drew of Deadly Nightshade. The berries are poisonous, especially to animals! It is also called Belladonna. Amazingly, Belladonna is used as antidotes to cure some poisons such as some poisonous mushrooms.
	Quiz
1. Which of the following plants is the most poisonous?	2. Which poisonous plant's poison lasts the longest?	3. Which of these plants kills the most people in the U.S.?
A. Poison Hemlock	A. Poison Hemlock	A. Mistletoe
B. Potatoes	B. Rhubarb	B. Poison Hemlock
C. Sweet peas	C. Poison Ivy	C. Poison Ivy
D. Poison Ivy	D. Yew	D. Tobacco

4. Which of the following Christmas Plants is the deadliest?	5. Are potatoes poisonous?	6. Which of these plants is a popular vegetable in the U.S. whose leaves are deadly?
A. Holly	A. Yes	A. Radish
B. Mistletoe	B. No	B. Rhubarb
C. Poinsettia		C. Carrots




	Answers
1. A. Poison Hemlock. One leaf is known to kill a cow!	2. C. Poison Ivy some has been known to last over 100 years!	3. D. Tobacco used in cigarettes.
4. B. Mistletoe	5. A. yes every green spot on a potato is poisonous including the plant it's self!	6. B. Rhubarb leaves are deadly!
	Graph

Common Name	Location	Poisonous Parts	Symptoms
Woody Nightshade	Grows in woods in parts of North America	Leaves, roots, and berries	Burning in the throat, nausea, dizziness, dilated pupils, weakness, convulsions. Can be fatal.
Holly	Mostly grown as ornamental foliage that is displayed at Christmastime.	Berries	A large number of berries may cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Black Elderberry	A native plant, growing from Canada south to Florida and west to Arizona.	Roots, stems, leaves, and unripe berries; ripe berries are edible.	Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.
Oak	Throughout the U.S. and Canada.	Acorns	A very large number may damage to the digestive tract, but this is rare.
Buckeye, Horse Chesnut	Buckeye grows throughout the U.S.	Leaves, flowers, sprouts, and seeds.	Vomiting, diarrhea, lack of coordination, and paralysis.
Iris	Irises are found throughout the U.S.	Leaves and roots.	Sever upset stomach, sometimes accompanied by burning in the mouth.
Rhubarb	Found in vegetable and grocery stores throughout the U.S.	Leaves	Stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting. In severe cases, convulsions, internal bleeding, camas, and death
Lantana	Found throughout the U.S.	Berries	Upset stomach, weakness, and, very rarely, death from failure to breathe.
Privet	Grown throughout the U.S. as a hedge plant.	Leaves and stems.	Vomiting, diarrhea, and digestive upset.
Poison Oak and Poison Ivy	Found throughout the U.S.	Sap	An allergic skin rash.
Poison Sumac	East of the Mississippi.	Sap	An allergic skin rash.

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