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OCR: Some Poisonous Plants of Canada (fungi & algae excluded) Common Name Distribution Notes almond (bitter ) cultivated inedible black cherry Ontario to NS glycosides* in leaves and fruit stones bracken fern southern Conado toxic to cattle and horses buttercup 45 species acrid to taste, even toxic castor bean ornamental all parts, especially seeds, poisonous to children chokecherry BC, Alto, castern provs high levels of cyanogenetic glycosides* columbine across Conado flowers toxic dumbane house plant oxalate crystals cause tongue swelling, block breathing foxglove Weed from gardens in BC very dangerous, contains cardiac glycosides* horsetail across Canada toxic to cattle & horses ivy ornamental leaves poisonous larkspurs 3 species in west toxic to man and animals lily of the valley cultivated all parts poisonous, contains glycosides* ocoweeds arctic, alpine, prairie poisonous to animals monkshood BC, cultivated toxic to man or animals night shade across Conado poisonous alkaloids ole ander ornamental contains cardiac glycosides* pin cherry southern Canada Fed, acid fruit poisonous poinsettia pot plant especially dangerous to children poison hemlock Foodsides, ditches cattle poison poison ivy across Canada causes dermatitis Poison sumac eastern provs causes dermatitis Poppy gardens hallucinogenic, opium illegal to grow rhubarb cultivated blade of leaf can be fatal, contains oxalates show - on - the - mountain gordens especially poisonous to children BC, southern Man to Nfld foliage, bark or seeds toxic to man or animals glycosides cause cyanide poisoning × causes cyanide poisoning