Common Poisonous Plants In Virginia. This column includes a highly edited list of poisonous plants from kingsbury’s bulletin. Goossens was unable to find a guide to poisonous plants in virginia, so he enlisted the help of the blue ridge poison center and the virginia cooperative extension and set about working on one.
Here’s some common plants with poisonous berries. This may not be a problem in a home with only adults and older children. People have died after mistaking hemlock for wild carrots.
If young children or pets live in the home, it's a good idea to avoid plants that are even mildly toxic.
The table below is an illustrated list of selected plants. Poison sumac is much less common in tennessee than poison ivy or poison oak. The virginia creeper is a climbing vine plant common across the united states. Even poison ivy and poison oak may have more than three leaves and their form may vary greatly depending upon the exact species encountered, the local environment, and the season.