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
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
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Public Health Service

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Washington, D.C. 20201

Public Health Service
Publication No. 1220
April 1964

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COMMON POISONOUS PLANTS
OF NEW ENGLAND

Page
Introduction[ii]
Amanita mushroom[ 1]
Baneberry[ 2]
Bittersweet[ 3]
Bloodroot[ 4]
Castor bean[ 5]
Christmas rose[ 6]
Daphne[ 7]
Deadly nightshade[ 8]
Foxglove[ 9]
Green hellebore[10]
Indian hemp[11]
Jimson weed[12]
Larkspur[13]
Lily-of-the-valley[14]
Monkshood[15]
Poison-hemlock[16]
Poison-ivy[17]
Pokeweed[18]
Water hemlock[19]
Yew[20]
Poison Control Centers [21]
Plant Index[23]