275: Plant Mafia

August 08, 2023 00:17:04
275: Plant Mafia
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275: Plant Mafia

Aug 08 2023 | 00:17:04

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Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

The Sandbox tree, Water Hemlock, and Giant Hogweed are the mean girls of the plant world. They don't care about your feelings. If you get too close you might experience rashes, blindness, third degree burns, and/or death. These plants say, touch me, I DARE YOU.

Show Notes:

Sandbox Tree info on Britannica

Animalogic YouTube with exploding Sandbox tree seedpods

Water Hemlock is terrible

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Giant Hogweed WARNINGS

Trigger warning for this last link. Photos of a leg burned with Giant Hogweed sap

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