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Poisonous Plants: Brugmansia spp. (Datura spp.)
Shrub or small tree; leaves simple, alternate; flowers single, pendent, trumpet-like or funnel-shaped to 1 ft long, 5-lobed at tip, white or yellow. Houseplant or interiorscape; landscape as cultivated woody or herbaceous shrub where ... [... more]
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Cedar Elm – Ulmus crassifolia
Simple, alternate, 1 – 2 in. long, _ - 1 in. wide, elliptic to ovate, acute or obtuse at apex, rounded or cuneate to oblique at base, doubly serrate on margin; dark green, stiff, and very rough to the touch above, lighter in color beneath. The ... [... more]
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Borago officinalis (Borage, Cool-tankard, Talewort)
Pot marigolds bloom most of the summer, but are intolerant of intense heat and may die out during periods of hot humid weather. Their branching stems are covered with simple, alternate leaves and they produce large flowers in different hues of ... [... more]
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Wildflowers: Pachysandra procumbens
Spike of pink and white fragrant flowers 2 to 4 inch bluish green, simple, alternate, ovate to rounded evergreen leaves; held in whorled cluster at tip of shoots; toothed above the middle; silver mottling in fall Prefers shade 6 to 10 ... [... more]
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Ground Covers: Houttuynia cordata
Sun to light shade; range of soil types provided they are moist to wet Simple, alternate, oval to heart-shaped deep green leaves; 2 to 3 inches long; citrus fragrance when crushed Spreads by rhizomes; space plants 8 to 10 inches apart; not ... [... more]
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Poisonous Plants: Linum usitatissimum
Slender, erect, annual herb; leaves simple, alternate, narrow, smooth-margined; flowers pale blue, 5-parted, the petals broad and spreading; fruit a capsule. Weedy in disturbed areas, along roadsides and railroad tracks, naturalized. Linseed oil ... [... more]
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Poisonous Plants: Asclepias tuberosa
Erect, perennial herbs without milky juice; leaves simple, alternate or opposite; flowers 5-parted, in rounded or flat-topped clusters, yellow, orange or red; fruit dry and inflated, erect, and with many hair-tufted seeds. Landscape in flower ... [... more]
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Ground Covers: Epigaea repens
Light to moderate shade; prefers moist, acidic, organically enriched to sandy soil Simple, alternate leaves; 3 inches long; bright green to grayish green; rounded at end; soft hairs on top and bottom Cluster of five parted white to pink flowers ... [... more]
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Poisonous Plants: Asclepias spp.
Erect, perennial herbs with milky juice; leaves simple, alternate, opposite, or whorled, narrow; flowers 5-parted, in rounded clusters, white, greenish, yellow, orange or red; fruit dry and inflated, erect, and with many hair-tufted seeds. Weedy ... [... more]
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Shrubs: Photinia davidiana
Sun; moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil White flowers in small clusters; red fruit that persists Simple, alternate, lustrous dark green leaves 6 to 20 feet [... more]
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Trees of the Maritime Forest - Quercus michauxii
Quercus michauxii is the Swamp chestnut oak, a Facultative Wetland species. Swamp chestnut oak is a large tree found in river bottoms, low areas and along the edges of coastal swamps. Its leaves are simple, alternate and obovate, meaning that ... [... more]
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Indian Hawthorn - Raphiolepsis indica
: Evergreen shrub, dwarf, rounded of medium texture. Reaches a height of five feet in landscape. Native habitat is South China. Leaves are simple, alternate, clustered at twig tips, oblong, to 3 inches long, leathery, scute or acuminate, dark ... [... more]
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