Common poisonous plants of New England

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
Public Health Service
This material was prepared by Heber W. Youngken, Jr., Ph. D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; and Joseph S. Karas, M.D., Director of the Poison Control Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, and is published by the Rhode Island Health Department in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Accident Prevention. The photographs were provided by Dean Youngken.
RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Division of Health Education and Information and THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
In Cooperation With U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service
Division of Accident Prevention
Washington, D.C. 20201
Public Health Service Publication No. 1220 April 1964
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COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS OF NEW ENGLAND
Prompted by the many telephone calls and inquiries received at the Rhode Island Poison Control and Information Centers regarding plants, flowers, and berries, the State Department of Health has developed the information contained in this booklet. It will aid families in planning safe gardens, give fuller knowledge of wild plants, and, in the case of an accidental ingestion, provide assistance in identifying the plant. Since verbal descriptions are frequently inadequate, and nonprofessional determination of species often uncertain, there has been a need for a more expedient means of identifying plants and their toxicity.