Virginia creeper is a climbing plant with adhesive pads and five leaflets that produces berries which feed wildlife, but can be deadly to humans if consumed.

Mature plants may have small yellowish flowers that become grayish-white berries that many birds love. Other plants are ...

Nature's beauty can be deceiving, as several plants harbor potent toxins. Monkshood, castor bean, and oleander are among the ...

“That, unfortunately, is a mulberry tree,” my landscaper noted, pointing to the towering menace that was dropping 60,000 berries per hour onto my expensive, brand new — and increasingly ...

Many varieties of wild berries grow wild in WA state. Some lookalikes are poisonous to humans. Here’s how to tell which berries are safe and not safe to eat.

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy. When I was ...

I climbed a mango tree in our yard with very painful results.” This is an important reminder and makes perfect sense since mango is the botanical kin of poison ivy, possessing similarly dermatitic sap ...

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