NATURALIST NOTEBOOK: Poison eaters

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  • Author(s): By:Chuck McClaughertySpecial to The Review
  • Source:
    Review, The (Alliance, OH), June 29, 2015 Local News, 2pp
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    • Abstract:
      Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a plant-based poison factory. It gets its common name, milkweed, from the milky sap that is exuded if a leaf or stem is broken. The sticky sap contains poisons that are a type of steroids called cardenolides. Cardenolides can sicken or even kill humans and livestock...