The Poisonous Plants poster was created in 2014 and shows 33 of the most poisonous plants that grow in nature in Central Europe or have been naturalised as ornamental plants.
All children, including animals, must learn early on that they must not eat certain plants in nature because they can be poisonous. It is therefore essential that even small children learn to distinguish between the different plant species. Plants use this poison to protect themselves from being eaten, including by garden pests. For this reason, poisonous plants are particularly popular for planting in gardens and cemeteries. However, this also poses a danger if children who rarely spend time in nature with their parents are unaware of the toxicity of the plants and have not learned to distinguish between the different plant species. This repeatedly leads to severe poisoning, which must be treated in hospital within a very short time.
Certain plants are so poisonous that just a few berries can lead to death from cardiac arrest or respiratory paralysis. Most poisonous plants do not taste particularly good because they contain bitter substances in addition to the poison. Children therefore usually spit them out quickly. Unfortunately, this does not apply to all poisonous plants. Many poisonous plants are not only found as ornamental plants in gardens, but are even cultivated for our food. In apricots, tomatoes and pomegranates, the fruits are edible without any problems, but other parts are poisonous. Beans, potatoes, aubergines and especially cassava are highly poisonous when eaten raw; the poison is only rendered harmless by cooking. Most poisonous plants that are dangerous to humans are just as poisonous to other mammals. Whether rabbits, grazing animals or horses, they too must learn to distinguish these plants from edible plants in the wild.
Pets do not learn this and trust that humans will give them healthy food. They cannot recognise when dried poisonous plants are accidentally included in hay. Both rabbits and horses can die within a few hours if they eat cut branches from a yew hedge, for example.
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