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Mountain laurel is poisonous to several animals, including horses, [28] goats, cattle, deer, [29] monkeys, and humans, [30] due to grayanotoxin [31] and arbutin. [32] The green parts of the plant, flowers , twigs, and pollen are all toxic, [ 30 ] including food products made from them, such as toxic honey that may produce neurotoxic and ...
Kalmia polifolia has poisoned cattle, goats and sheep. For poisoning to occur, the animal must consume 0.3% of its body weight, while a dosage of 2% of an [vague] would cause severe sickness. [8] Symptoms for affected goats include depression, nausea, salivation, vomiting, and grating of teeth. [8]
Other names for Kalmia, particularly Kalmia angustifolia, are sheep-laurel, lamb-kill, calf-kill, kill-kid, and sheep-poison, [3] which may be written with or without the hyphen. (See species list below.) "Kid" here refers to a young goat , not a human child, but the foliage and twigs are toxic to humans as well.
Mountain Laurel or mountain laurel may refer to: Calia secundiflora, Texas mountain laurel; Cryptocarya nova-anglica from eastern Australia; Kalmia latifolia, from eastern North America; Umbellularia californica, from north-western North America
In the end, veterinarians euthanized six goats, 23 died during capture and three died during transport. Sixteen kids were taken to zoos, according to Patti Happe, an Olympic National Park wildlife ...
Hungry or thirsty horses are more likely to eat poisonous plants, as are those pastured on overgrazed lands. [5] Animals with mineral deficiencies due to poor diets will sometimes seek out poisonous plants. [6] Poisonous plants are more of a danger to livestock after wildfires, as they often regrow more quickly. [7]
Kalmia latifolia (common names include mountain-laurel, [15] calico-bush, [15] or spoonwood, [15]), used as an analgesic by placing an infusion of leaves put on scratches made over location of the pain. [13] The bristly edges of ten to twelve leaves" are rubbed over the skin for rheumatism, leaves are also crushed to rub brier scratches.
The native flora of the United States has provided the world with a large number of horticultural and agricultural plants, mostly ornamentals, such as flowering dogwood, redbud, mountain laurel, bald cypress, southern magnolia, and black locust, all now cultivated in temperate regions worldwide, but also various food plants such as blueberries ...