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Stay away from its leaves as well as its sap, which contains lethal cardiac glycosides. If you swallow just a little bit, it can cause nausea, vomiting, heart arrhythmias, and in extreme cases, death.
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent nutrients are added to the top layer of soil, commonly known as the litter layer or O horizon ("O ...
Poison ivies can grow as small plants, shrubs, or climbing vines. [4] They are commonly characterized by clusters of leaves, each containing three leaflets, [4] hence the common expression "leaves of three, let it be". [5] These leaves can vary between an elliptic to egg shape and will have either smooth, lobed, or toothed margins.
There is a distinction between plants that are poisonous because they naturally produce dangerous phytochemicals, and those that may become dangerous for other reasons, including but not limited to infection by bacterial, viral, or fungal parasites; the uptake of toxic compounds through contaminated soil or groundwater; and/or the ordinary ...
Native plant gardens can look dead over the summer, but there are things you can do to tend to the dried-out vegetation.
These plants offer two deterrents for squirrels: pungent blooms and fuzzy stems and leaves. Squirrels prefer tender, smooth bites. Most gardeners treat geraniums as annuals in flower beds or ...
This is an incomplete list of plants with trifoliate leaves. Trifoliate leaves (also known as trifoliolate or ternate leaves) are a leaf shape characterized by a leaf divided into three leaflets. Species which are known to be trifoliate are listed here.
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