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• Sugar Pine
  ...mountains of Oregon and California in the western United States, and Baja California in northwestern Mexico; specifically the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, ...t) tall, exceptionally up to 81 m (265 ft) tall, and with a trunk diameter of 1.5-2.5 m (5-8 ft), exceptionally 3.5 m (11 ft).
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• Cicuta
  ...to other members in the family Apiaceae and may be confused with a number of other edible and poisonous plants. The common name hemlock may also be conf ...ncluding [[anticonvulsant]] drugs such as a [[benzodiazepine]]. High doses of anticonvulsant medicine are often required to halt seizure activity and fur
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• Solanum wallacei
  * [http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageW.html Sources of botanical names - W] [[Category:Flora of California]]
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• Aesculus californica
  ...') is a species of [[Aesculus|buckeye]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[California]], and the only buckeye native to the state. [[Image:Californicaspike.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Flower spike of the California Buckeye]]
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• Veratrum viride
  ...t plant by farmers with livestock. The species has acquired a large number of common names within its native range, including American False Hellebore, A ...px?sciname=Veratrum+viride ''Veratrum viride'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Veratrum+viride ''V
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• Agave
  |subdivision = see text. See also [[List of Agave species|full listing]]. {{For|the queen of Greek mythology|Agave (mythology)}}
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• Toxicodendron diversilobum
  ...ison-oak (larger leaves; <br/>small leaves are another plant) <br/>at base of oak tree ...it is not a variety of [[oak]], just as "[[Poison-ivy]]" is not a variety of [[ivy]].
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• Hellebore
  [[Image:Illustration Helleborus niger0.jpg|thumb|19th century illustration of ''Helleborus niger'']] [[Image:Helleborus foetidus0.jpg|thumb|right|The small green flowers of ''H. foetidus'' often have a purple edge to each 'petal']]
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• Astragalus lentiginosus
  '''''Astragalus lentiginosus''''' is a species of [[Fabaceae|legume]] known by the [[common name]]s '''spotted locoweed'''<re ...ies of this species, and they vary in appearance. The flower and the fruit of a given individual are generally needed to identify it down to the variety.
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• Conium
  [[Image:Koeh-191.jpg|thumb|right|200px|19th century illustration of ''Conium maculatum'']] {{Redirect3|Poison hemlock|For other uses of "hemlock", see [[Hemlock]]}}
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• Turricula (plant genus)
  {{for|the genus of gastropods|Turricula (animal genus)}} ...evada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[San Joaquin Valley]] southwards to Baja California. It is found in chaparral, on slopes and ridges from 100 to 2300 meters.
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• Nerium oleander
  ...ermplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1998-03-09 |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref> ...m the old Latin name for the flower. Oleander is one of the most poisonous of commonly grown garden plants, and can be very toxic if ingested in sufficie
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• Euphorbia
  | diversity_link = List of Euphorbia species ...ly from Africa, the Americas and [[Madagascar]]. There exists a wide range of [[island|insular]] species: on the [[Hawaiian Islands]] where spurges are c
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• Ranunculus occidentalis
  ...[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange/I_treat_indexes.html University of California Berkley Jepson Treaments] |accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> ...aphy |author=Holt, Catharine |date=1946 |page=310 |publisher=University of California, Berkeley}}</ref> The seeds were used to make [[Pinole (staple)|pinole]], a
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• Sambucus nigra
  ...mbucus&SPECIES_XREF=nigra&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Sambucus nigra''] at [[Flora Europaea]]</ref> , northwest Africa southwest Asia, and western North Ameri ...nction from other species of ''Sambucus'' is needed. It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny loc
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• Stinging nettle
  ..., northern [[Africa]], and [[North America]], and is the best-known member of the [[nettle]] genus ''[[Urtica]]''. ...e]], [[5-HT]] or [[serotonin]], and possibly [[formic acid]]. This mixture of chemical compounds cause a painful sting or [[paresthesia]] from which the
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• Jojoba
  ...itle = A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert | publisher = University of California Press | date = 2000 | pages = 256–257 | isbn = 0-520-21980-5 }}</ref> Jo [[Image:Simmondsia_chinensis_male_flower.jpg|left|thumb|Close-up of male jojoba flowers.]]
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• Thuja plicata
  ...bia]], and has extensive applications for the indigenous [[First Nations]] of the [[Pacific Northwest]].<ref name="Gymnosperm">Gymnosperm Database: [http ....<ref name="Gymnosperm"/><ref name="Farjon">Farjon, A. (2005). ''Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-06
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• Strobilanthes callosus
  ...n English as '''Karvy'''<ref name="Nature lovers on the Karvy trail; Times of India"/><ref name="The Karvy blooms; July 2000"/>. ...8, 2006; Frontline Magazine; INDIA'S NATIONAL MAGAZINE from the publishers of THE HINDU</ref>.
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• Wildfire
  {{Redirect|Crown Fire|the 2010 wildfire in Southern California|2010 California wildfires}} ...umb|right|upright=2|alt=A daytime fire engulfing large trees|A wildfire in California, USA on 5 September 2008]]
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