Riddles Of Poisonous Plants. Part 1

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Poisonous trees and shrubs. The berry yew is highly poisonous. Information about its toxicity is already contained in the literature of the ancient Romans and Greeks. Eating its needles and bark more than once killed pets from suffocation. Juicy berries contain poisonous seeds, which can be poisoned by children. But it is interesting that bison and deer feed on needles and yew branches. Many birds peck at its berries, also without harm to themselves

Yew is one of the most poisonous plants in our flora. Has a strong, repulsive odor. Its dark green needles, which contain the most poison, attract domestic animals, which, especially in winter, when they are on dry food, eat up its branches and, as a result, are poisoned by it. In ancient times, its harmful properties were known, so it was seated on the graves.

Very poisonous shrub

daphne ordinary, or in another way a wolf's bast. Animals do not eat it and bypass it. By the way, it was noticed that even hares do not gnaw the bark of a wolfberry. This plant blooms with real flowers before the leaves appear. The flowers have a pleasant smell, but their scent is depressing, causing a headache. The whole plant, especially the fruit, contains poisonous sap. It was found that the bark as well as the flowers contains the glycoside daphnin (a poisonous alkaloid). In summer, the green fruits of the wolf are invisible among the leaves. In mid-July, they turn into bright red drupes, sometimes children are poisoned by them. The crowded evergreen dwarf dwarf dwarf growing in subalpine meadows is also poisonous.

There are three species in the forests

euonymus: European, broadleaf and warty. Their four-lobed pink boxes, which hang on thin stalks, are surprisingly beautiful. When they are open, black seeds with fleshy seedlings are clearly visible inside. The bark, leaves and bright red fruits of the euonymus are poisonous.

Nightshade bittersweet and Persian - relatives of potatoes, have an unpleasant odor. The bright red fruits are very beautiful and appetizing in appearance, like tiny tomatoes. They are poisonous, like all plants. Contains a poison - solanine. The fruits are very bitter at first; when ripe, they become sweet. Hence its name.

Poisonous is

rhododendron yellow (azalea). There are known cases of poisoning with poisonous (drunk) honey, which bees collected from it. Its leaves contain potent glycosides. Cases of animal poisoning with this plant are noted annually, more often when driving to mountain meadows and grazing on them. Drying does not destroy its poisonous properties.

An interesting shrub grows in sunny valleys (Unalskaya, etc.)

ephedra tall … Instead of leaves, it has needle-shaped twigs, the fruits are red berries. In some places it forms small thickets. Contains poisonous ephedrine, which stimulates the central nervous system. Cases of sheep poisoning have been reported. After frost, it loses its toxic properties, being a good food for sheep in autumn and winter.

Pets do not touch

black elderberry, since all parts of it, with the exception of flowers, emit a strong and repulsive odor. The fruits are used for food.

An unpleasant odor spreads

Ailanth the highest … Animals do not touch its leaves and branches. The bark and leaves are irritating and poisonous. People who cut off its branches sometimes develop a rash on the body.

A poisonous and medicinal plant is a parasite on trees

mistletoe … Glycoside is found in its bark, and viscotoxin poison is found in fruits. Since ancient times, she has served as an object of superstitious reverence, she was worshiped by the magicians of the ancient Gauls. Mistletoe was considered a powerful healing agent. In other matters, it is still considered healing.

Juniper Cossack … Forms dark green spread cushions on the slopes. Its fruits ripen only by the second year of growth, for this reason we can see both young and old cone-berries on the bushes. Note: The fruits and branches contain a bitter, smelly, poisonous oil. The needles are poisonous, but the strong resinous smell and pungent taste repel livestock that never eat them, so the juniper feels at ease on many mountain slopes.

Wolfs are called berries

brittle buckthorn, stiffener, fragrant honeysuckle and Steven, privet, kupena, physalisgrowing in our forests. These are medicinal plants. The fruits that are inedible for us are eaten by blackbirds, tits and other birds.