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  • ...ant is native to [[Indonesia]] and grows in tropical and subtropical areas of the world where it has been introduced. It has a tendency to become [[weed ...ter than the fatal dose of abrin. Abrin can kill with a circulating amount of less than 3 μg ([[microgram]]s).
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  • ...Bowden |title=Oriental and American Bittersweet Hybrids |journal=[[Journal of Heredity]] |volume=38 |number=4 |pages=125–128 |date=1947 |url=http://jhe ...sonous.<ref>Richard H. Uva, Joseph C. Neal and Joseph M. Ditomaso, ''Weeds of The Northeast'', (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997), Pp. 336–33
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  • ...d covers over and contain a [[spadix]] ("Jack"), covered with tiny flowers of both sexes. The flowers are unisexual, in small plants most if not all the ...ing a plant with a single rounded leaf. Seedlings need three or more years of growth before they become large enough to flower.
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  • ''Adonis annua'' is one of 101 species deemed as a high priority for conservation in the UK by the wil ...Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)]. | year=1910 | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Pr
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  • ...http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/whorledmilk.html Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas]</ref> by Native American tribes. Its native range includes most of eastern North America and parts of western North America.<ref name="plants"/>
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  • ...e scientific name was given to it by Thomas Walter when he published his ''Flora Caroliniana'' in 1788. ...name="fna"/><ref>Appalachian Wildflowers by Thomas E. Hemmerly. University of Georgia Press, ISBN 0-8203-2181-8</ref>
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  • ...Europe]], western [[Asia]] and northwest [[Africa]]. It is the only member of the genus '''''Aethusa'''''. [[Image:Aethusa_cynapium_002.JPG|left|thumb|Inflorescence of Fool's Parsley.]]
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  • ...irst Nations]] peoples are reported to have drunk a tea made from the root of this plant after [[childbirth]]. *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500023 Flora of North America: ''Actaea pachypoda'']
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  • ...atorium]]'' has undergone taxonomic revision by [[botanist]]s and a number of the species once included there have been moved to other genera. ...issima (Linnaeus) R. M. King & H. Robinson var. altissima | work = [[Flora of North America]]}}</ref>
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  • <!-- and oogles of others - search for the species names to get lists. --> '''''Melia azedarach''''' is a species of [[deciduous]] [[tree]] in the [[Swietenia mahagoni|mahogany]] [[family (bio
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  • ....php?do=plant&plant=759&search=Toxicodendron Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora: ''Toxicodendron pubescens''.]</ref> ..., which can cause severe [[dermatitis]] in sensitive individuals. The risk of exposure may be reduced by learning to recognize and avoid this species and
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  • ...It is a [[poison]]ous plant; the name means "poisonous to dogs". All parts of the plant are poisonous and can cause cardiac arrest if ingested. The stems are reddish and contain a milky [[latex]] capable of causing skin blisters. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple broad lance
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  • ...[perennial plant]] in the family [[Berberidaceae]], native to wooded areas of eastern [[North America]].<ref>{{ITIS|ID=18850}}</ref> ...in open mesic woodlands. Individual shoots are often connected by systems of thick [[tubers]] and [[rhizomes]].<ref name = "Fondren"> {{cite web| last =
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  • ...ay flowers are threadlike, leading to the common name.<ref>New South Wales Flora Online, ''Ageratum houstonianum'' [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bi ...a_id=1&taxon_id=200023022 | title = Ageratum houstonianum | work = [[Flora of North America]] }}</ref><ref>Species profile [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.go
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  • ...sw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ageratum~conyzoides NSW Flora Online, Ageratum conyzoides]</ref> ...rop/proceedings1999/v4-469.html ''Ageratum conyzoides'': A tropical source of medicinal and agricultural products. p. 469–473.] In: J. Janick (ed.), Pe
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  • ...in the family [[Papaveraceae]] and most closely related to ''[[Eomecon]]'' of eastern Asia. ...zome]], that grows shallowly under or at the soil surface. Over many years of growth, the branching rhizome can grow into a large colony. Plants start to
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  • ...]] of [[Connecticut]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. It is the namesake of the city of [[Laurel, Mississippi]] (founded 1882). ...of pink, near red and maroon pigment. It blooms in May and June. All parts of the plant are [[poison]]ous. [[Root]]s are [[Fiber|fibrous]] and matted.<r
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  • ...s Plants: Aesculus sylvatica |accessdate=2009-12-05 |work=Poisonous Plants of North Carolina }}</ref> [[Category:Flora of Alabama]]
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  • ...ropagation|propagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto /> ...cial effects on wilderness areas. Some plant species depend on the effects of fire for growth and reproduction,<ref name=NOVA /> although large wildfires
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  • | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel
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