Mushrooms. Wild mushrooms are difficult to identify and can lead to severe poisoning if an error is made when mushroomin
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Po i so n o u s p l a n t s The Maryland Poison Center has compiled this list to make you aware of which common plants are known to be poisonous. Note: not all plants are listed.
First aid If a plant is eaten, remove any remaining plant material from the victim’s mouth.
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Rinse the mouth with water and call the Maryland Poison Center immediately
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Common Poisonous Plants
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for more instructions. Amaryllis Black locust Boxwood Caladium Castor bean Chinaberry Chrysanthemum Crown of thorns Cyclamen Daffodil Dumbcane/dieffenbacchia English Ivy Euonymous
Four o’clock Fruit pits or seeds Gladiola Holly Hyacinth Iris or flags Jerusalem cherry Jimson weed Jonquil Lily-of-the-valley Mistletoe (European) Monkshood Mountain laurel
Narcissus Nepthytis/arrowhead Nightshade family Oak (acorns) Peace lily Philodendron family Poison ivy/oak/sumac Pokeweed Pothos Snowball bush/hydrangea Water hemlock Wisteria Yew (seed only)
Common Non-Poisonous Plants
Maryland Poison Center 220 Arch St. Office Level 01 Baltimore, MD 21201
Fuschia Geranium Grape hyacinth Hibiscus Honeysuckle Impatiens Jade plant Kalanchoe Lilac Liriope Marigold Mulberry Norfolk pine tree
Peperomia Petunia Poinsettia Prayer plant Pyracantha/firethorn Rose Rubber tree plant Sansevieria/snake plant Schefflera Spider plant Swedish ivy Tulop Wandering Jew
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Mushrooms Wild mushrooms are difficult to identify and can lead to severe poisoning if an error is made when mushrooming. Call the poison center for all mushroom ingestions right away. Do not wait for symptoms because they may be delayed.
