Frequently (and not so frequently) Asked Questions
BRIEF: I need some information on poisonous plants...
QUESTION:
Do you happen to know the best source of information on poisonous
plants? It seems that every database and list I look at presents
different, even contradictory, information. I recently inherited some
new plants and am reluctant to bring them in the house with my cats
without the most accurate information possible.
ANSWER:
For houseplants, I use the book: Toxicity of Houseplants by SPoerke and
Smolinske.
For general work: Poisonous Plants of California by Fuller and McClintock,,
Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America by Turner and Szczawinski
and Poisonous Plants of Eastern North America by Westbrooks and preacher.
For the reasons specific plant poison plants, see Cheeke's Natural Toxicants in
Feeds, Forages and Posisonous plants.
There are lots of good web page systems out there, too.