Top 10 Poisonous Plants in the UK | THIS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

[@MikeDownes]

Super essential Viewing, many thanks. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:19 1 Giant Hogweed - Heracleum mantegazzianum 03:05 2 Hemlock waterdrop wart - Oenanthe crocata Water Hemlock, Dead Mans Fingers, Dead Tongue 06:01 3 Hemlock- Conium maculatum Poison hemlock 07:20 4 Wolfsbane - Aconitum napellus 09:15 5 Spurge- genus Euphorbia Euphorbia amygdaloides 10:57 6 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea 15:15 7 Lords and L adies- Arum maculatum 16:52 8 Dogs mercury - Mercurialis perennis 18:21 9 Deadly nightshade - Atropa belladonna 19:34 10 Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea

[@paulgee6111]

Celandine's orange sap is pretty nasty also! Good for killing verrucas tho if used with care. It's worth noting also that the average suburban garden is stuffed full of poisonous plants from all over the world so the countryside should not be feared if one has the common sense to respect it.

[@notone4540]

That was not deadly nightshade (atropa belladonna)!! That is bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) It's a bit less toxic but still better not use it. Best to tell people about your mistake, at least in the video description. Oh and also that is not Ragwort. It's actually an edible dandelion relative.

[@steamboatwillie8517]

We live immediately by a river, and downstream, some kids ended up in hospital due to messing around with giant hogweed about a year back ( in lockdown one) They would benefit from a chart on the classroom walls, as most kids think the countryside is the grass on a roundabout, and when they do get there..etc

[@purplegemcrazyroyal5247]

Hi there, great video. But the poisonous plant called Bitter Sweet I thought was called Solanum dulcamara (woody nightshade) belonging to Solanaceae. The Deady Nightshade is Atropa Belladonna. You just showed the wrong plant. Check this out.👍

[@siriusblack6325]

I used to love going out on field walks! After watching this I’ve decided to just walk in my bedroom 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@seakayak4425]

As someone who has spent a great deal of time interacting with the outdoors I apparently must have survived by blind luck

[@iolandadossantos9763]

Same

[@stephensmith799]

Me too!!!

[@NorthWestOutlaws]

Me three

[@shadowsinvortex7990]

I had no idea… I spent most of my childhood on my parents smallholding and/or in the woods, fields, etc with my siblings. I SAW these! That giant hogweed…. I used to practise my ‘sword swinging’ attacks with sticks on these!…. Man, I’m so lucky- my guardian angels must have been working overtime

[@1CT1]

Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will be saved. John 3:16 (share the good news of the gospel around the world!) Have a wonderful day/night, may the LORD bless you all, and farewell!,.,,,,,,

[@robertgoodger9687]

This is the sort of thing that should be taught in schools along with first aid and numerous beneficial topics.

[@ElliottRodgers]

I 100% agree! Big believer in first aid being taught in schools

[@MattyEngland]

Too busy teaching 109 genders

[@mjh5437]

It WAS taught when I was at school in the 1960s.

[@econrith]

So much that should be taught at schools is not, and that is because our children's education is given over to religion principally!

[@nekomono]

First aid has been part of school curriculum in the uk since 2020

[@bwghall1]

I am 85 now,when were kids we were taught all about these plants. we were 100% country kids and this information was pass on to us all. and our parents insisted we leant to swim. also the dangers of fires . we lived deep in the country side. we gathered all fruits in summer and autumn. learning what mushrooms were safe to eat. those were the days we walked every where.

[@bazsuperbi]

Cubs and Boy Scouts too? ✌

[@trevorroberts-o7q]

Yes but we weren't "kids" in those days. We were respectfully known and cared for as "children" . Our parents did not mate with goats. I hate it when nowadays in every newspaper the headlines refer to people as "kids" "male " and "female" especially in the case of police reports.What is wrong with "child" "children" "man" and "woman" ? Reading the main paragraph the papers revert to those perfectly normal terms (except in the police reports). Let's not fall into their ccommon misuses and have a bit of respect for ourselves and others.

[@Belvie]

I'm only 30 but I grew up in the peak District and as kids we all knew what not to touch, as well as what we could and couldn't eat, where to find best berry bushes, damsen trees etc

[@eekee6034]

I'm 50 and there were plenty of people to teach me. I had friends of all ages when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I don't have a head for it.

[@bazsuperbi]

@@trevorroberts-o7q Oh, the good old days. An, during the war.... Scupming for pears. Jumpers for goalposts ;D Ah, now let's 've a bangger on the piana 🎶 🎹🎹🎹🎶 🥉 🌹

[@globalmedia2730]

Another thing to add the my list of "Why is this not taught to everyone in school." Alongside law and politics.

[@mrmoth26]

And philosophy, especially logic.

[@juliejay5436]

And filling tax forms... Boring, but incredibly useful!

[@gissie391]

Parnts should its law that parents provide their childen with an education, they may do so by deligating it o a school or otherwise i get fed up with teachers undermininhparens who have sense yo tell children things they are ready for.

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

Cause kids dont play outside anymore

[@earthman6700]

Seriously? If we were taught this we wouldn't fall for it would we.

[@deejasart7766]

Just for clarification, the species of plant at 18:36 IS NOT deadly nightshade (atropa belladonna), this is "bitterweet nightshade" (Solanum dulcamara). Both plants are poisonous but contain very different toxic alkaloids. Atropa belladonna contains the tropane alkaloid "Atropine" which has similar effects to that of "Scopolamine" found in all species in the datura genus. Solanum dulcamara contains toxic alkaloids named Solanine, Solasodine and Beta-Solamarine all found in different parts of the plant. The deliriant effects of atropine (found in atropa belladonna) are very unlike that of Solanum dulcamara's cocktail of compounds which cause extremely slowed down breathing and depress the central nervous system. Atropine found in atropa belladonna does the opposite and actually boosts heart rate. Both varieties are extremely toxic but if you're one of the idiots who try to "trip" on tropane alkaloids then eating the berries of solanum dulcamara is not going to have that deliriant effect and will be extraordinarily more uncomfortable and probably kill you. Also the berries of solanum dulcamara are bright red or green and definitely not black.

[@nozyparker]

Well Ive seem info that bitter sweet nightshade have red berries when ripe, deadly nightshade have singular berries not clumps of berries & are black. Then there's black nightshade that have white petals yellow centered small flowers like potato flowers but a lot smaller, which do have clumps of berries that turn dark purple when ripe. So too sun up deadly have singular purple flowers that result in black average cherry size berries / bitter sweet have purple clumped flowers that turn red, which is more of a climber not a small bush / black have white - yellow clumped small flowers that turn dark purple when ripe, size of a very small cherry. Apparently only black nightshade is edible. In the nightshade group any purple flowers is very suspect. But like potato & tomato plus black nightshade they have white & yellow flowers means edible

[@deejasart7766]

@@nozyparker This info is correct. Solanaceae is the family of nightshade plants which contains many genera, including solanum and atropa. Black nightshade and bittersweet nightshade are both in the solanum genus, and very closely related, whereas deadly nightshade is in the genus of atropa and is a lot less closely related genetically to these two other species.

[@Elfdustify]

Not having seen your comment, I've also just posted a clarification about these plants.

[@deejasart7766]

@@Elfdustify Thank you for educating people. I mean either way, both are poisonous but there are still some wild people that use tropane alkaloids recreationally.

[@sarahhague4911]

Yes, true, the yellow and purple flowers he pointed out are Woody Nightshade also called Bittersweet. They have red-orange berries around autumn time. The black shiny berries are of the Deadly Nightshade....So two different nightshades here hes talking about here.....

[@colinlegrys9434]

I liked the way he wore gloves and kept touching his face and even rubbing his nose!

[@foppo101]

You live and die can't be bothered about all this crap.

[@lauraw.7008]

I think he is using back of his hand to touch himself, front of hand to touch plants?🌱

[@bunguini]

Healthcare worker fact - soon as gloves are on nose starts itching and hair fall into eyes 😂

[@Scotland_the_Brave1984_McCabe]

Lol ul not be saying that if the world goes to hell, youl be the first to starve with that attitude, or poisened one of the 2 ​@foppo101

[@Jay_Pegg]

Ngl I was thinking the same all the way through lol. Also really funny this video is so old with so many views yet this little discussion is so recent xD

[@ianrandle2780]

Very good video. Important to put into perspective. I've been a gardener since I was around 8. Mum taught me about poisonous plants such as Foxglove,Daffodils and parts of Rhubarb and Potatoes. As well as edible flowers such as Nasturtium and some Fuchsia berries. They all have their place in my garden. The biggest and most important lesson she taught me was, if in doubt do not touch without gloves and NEVER eat it. 60 years later I'm still digging.

[@JimGriffOne]

Sometimes I wonder why this kind of thing was never taught at school, and likely still isn't. As a kid, I used to play in all sorts of water (canals, brooks, rivers, etc.), but I never knew about poisonous plants. Glad I survived to watch your video! I'll be doing a lot more walking/climbing outdoors, hence why I subscribed. You have some great content and really good advice. Thanks so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

[@dees3179]

Pretty sure kids would try and use it to kill each other…..and of course in this case it could work.

[@Hadrada.]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 hi Nick Didn’t realise you where only down the road from me I thought I’d seen you motor around I believe blue bells are poisonous and can be used for glue They once was used for fletchings and if the fletching grazed the skin it would kill apparently? I just wondered if we have a plant that could of been used as a poison for hunting like some tribes use in the jungles that kill the prey yet once cooked the poison gets destroyed?

[@davepowell7168]

@Comment Valuable life skill : Knowing weedkiller is toxic

[@ThunderChunky101]

We were taught back then. We actually had deadly nightshade growing at the back of our school field and we used to chase the girls with it!

[@bigoldgrizzly]

problem is that most teachers have no idea these are poisonous

[@mireadossantos4610]

I never thought the UK had so many poisonous plants. I'm a person that loves plants and I have the tendency to pick up wild flowers, I find them beautiful. Now, that I've seen your video I'll be more careful. Thank you for your information.

[@BowserLucaTheThird]

You shouldn't pick wild plants or flowers for their sake if not your own, love is not possession

[@mireadossantos4610]

I quite agree with you there, love is not possession but unfortunately people like to possess things. I've learned my lesson, (never pick up Wild flowers) thank you 🙏.

[@cdub5033]

Casual Berry picking & eating will now be a bit more considered. Who knows how many lethal Berries have been avoided by sheer luck.

[@StofStuiver]

90% of what grows in your garden, is poisenous m8. Unless if its a vegetable garden of course.

[@adamsmith6594]

these are the most poisonous but it has a lit more tha. he mentioned. That's without even touching mushrooms 🍄

[@johnlea8519]

Well worth watching, should be seen by children in towns and cities as well as the countryside.

[@notone4540]

It needs correcting tho. Some sad mistakes, possibly dangerous... but not really because nobody should eat any plant just because they see a video of some guy showing you.

[@benjefferies7123]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 Many local councils used to operate with a policy that if Deadly Nightshade was reported by a local, the men with shovels and poison would be around straight away to kill the thing. Absolutely awful plant. As you know, a relative of the tomato.

[@cognacandgreenstick]

The first thing I thought is why was I not taught anything about any poisonous plants native to our country at school as a child. Deadly nightshade is the only plant I remember from being a child. The amount of contact I must have had with these plants and not had a clue!

[@Shavenhamster]

@@benjefferies7123 There are people that actually have used deadly night shade for recreational experiences. However 3 days of delirium and madness doesn't sound like fun to rational people most people especially with the risk of death if to much is consumed. The Night shade family includes tomatoes, potatoes, aubergines and peppers also tobacco.

[@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362]

Deadly nightshade grows in thickets around my workshop in Birmingham city centre. Kids in the city should definitely be made aware of these plants

[@nicholaskemp2246]

This should be made absolutely essential viewing in all schools across the country.

[@davolaa]

With the correct content maybe!

[@trevorroberts-o7q]

Yes but most politicians who decide what should be taught in our schools are rarely familiar with nature yet they'll say they want us all to be scientists and mathematicians !

[@TruthISeek]

We have been letting ragwort grow in our garden to attract cinnabar moths as the larvae mostly eat ragwort. They actually often die of starvation as they tend to eat all the ragwort before reaching maturity. I explained to my daughter about this plant growing in our garden and about the moths and of course, to stay away from it as its very toxic. Just last week we see the moths flying about. She was so happy to see them and told all her friends about them. They all know what it looks like now and to stay away, but enjoy the creatures that live on it.

[@grrlpurpleable]

One of my cherished memories of my late father was his knowledge of our native plants and which to avoid when foraging. He taught me from a very young age as we often went picking for wild fruits in the countryside. The golden advice was that if you weren't sure about it, or what was intertwined with it, then leave it alone. Excellent video!

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

Good advice, clearly a wise man.

[@satanofficial3902]

And while you're out foraging for edible plants, triffids are out foraging for... *YOU* ...

[@branthomas1621]

If in doubt leave it out.

[@marciogarcia4761]

When I moved to the UK I am thinking the horse chessnut was edible. I harvested some beautiful nuts, and I boiled it, but fortunately, I searched information about it. Surprised is very poisonous.

[@grrlpurpleable]

@@marciogarcia4761 indeed... The sweet chestnut, however, is delicious.

[@davehumpleby3440]

Extremely useful. In fact, if you think about the number of kids and families wandering through the countryside daily who are oblivious to this, it's surprising there aren't more cases of poisoning than we actually get.

[@naebhor6931]

Local councils used to try and remove them for public safety. Where I live councils barely clean the streets once a year nevermind check for toxic plants/weeds.

[@pershorefoodbanktrusselltr3632]

I can confirm the giant Hogweed burns your skin until it blisters like scolding, because I have experienced it when cutting it down, not knowing what it was. It is painful and horrendous and the blisters take ages to heal. Anytime I see this stuff now I notify the landowner or council. Steer well clear off this stuff!

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

It's only a problem if you get the sap on your skin and then sunlight on that. Given the weather we normally get it's hardly a surprise that only a few people know about the dangers of giant hogweed.

[@1t_wasnt_me]

And the USELESS clowncils at most, will come out and spray it. Absolutely pointless once it has flowered, most councils will do absolutely diddly squat, NOTHING!

[@t2t433]

​@1t_wasnt_me Yep my local council just put up a post and wire fence ( not even fully around the plant) and a sign.

[@kitemanmusic]

I saw a giant Giant Hogweed! The flower head was about 12 inches across. In a garden in Highgate, London, in the early 1960s.

[@recur9245]

Just normal hogweed burns when that photosensitivity activates sometimes says later with blisters I've had that happen a fair few times

[@tonymango3668]

As a Scout leader I think this is one of the best, informative and useful videos that Scouts should see before summer camp. Hogweed and nightshade are names I've heard of but seeing them in videos reinforces learning... Actually I think all your videos are very good and again they have "legs" to expand Scout stuff. Appreciate all your hard work and maybe good to catch up and shake your hand one day. Cheers Nick Mango🔥 Ps just watched the Afhan reflections.... very, very touching.

[@cloudywolf9738]

I actually grown fox glove. I've seen white with purple on the inside, pink, light purple, light pink and yellow. They are beautiful flowers and mine gotten massive, bigger than what you would see in the wild. I grown it because I knew it was a good flower for bees. I had plenty of bees in my garden and it brought me joy watching them buzz around happily.

[@Marinecreature]

Keep growing it. Honestly I could scream at the overkill about it. You can't get your kids to eat their greens at dinner so they're not going to start snarfing down some hairy yucky bitter leaf when your back is turned (unless they're toddlers in which case just don't turn your back ever)

[@persefonielux9976]

Socrates was not a playwrite. He is one of the most influential philosophers of all time....

[@tezzah...]

Socrates was a Brazilian footballer

[@moominpic]

Yeah, my thought too, "He's not a playwright!"

[@murrayhill115]

Nevertheless he died in an extremely undesirable fashion. Before we pick flies, there is more useful content in this presentation than the desire to show of a spec of historical knowledge. Well done, too of the class, be careful what you eat! Durr

[@Dashslapp]

Unreal a playwright , a philosopher and an international footballer..blokes like Vinny Jones. Mind you Socrates didn't win the fa cup

[@hildegardkhelfa]

We have a very comparable vegetation here in Bavaria, Germany, so thank you. I grew up around masses of nightshade along the river Danube and my father had such an eye on me because those cherrie like berries were so inviting that as a kid, I always thought: just one and I still remember how intensely I got blamed for hiding one behind my back. What nerves I must have cost my father... Also the others are very common for me but I didn't actively recognize the first giant and wouldn't have recognized Schierling (Sokrates fate) as easy, especially had no clue how leathel it is alone through such little contact. So I am very grateful for you, since I plan to be more around forest and creeks now again, since my dog is finally healed after all those weeks. Thank you for your always so valuable information, very detailed lessons and super helpful. I appreciate this very much and my father may sight in his grave that his stubborn donkey head daughter finally got some brains ;-) and senses and learned to listen to good advice. (The mother thing may have caused the change in the end, especially since I had to deal with my own clone... Gosh...).

[@Malabus73]

Nightshade was used in the sacred eucharist during the early beginnings of Christianity.

[@oneoflokis]

@@Malabus73 Well it does have a history with witchcraft.. And early ethnobotany... As do so many poisonous plants! 🙂

[@oneoflokis]

"Tollkirschen", heißt das auf Deutsch, kenn' ich wohl! 🙂👍

[@veronica_._._._]

​@@Malabus73"The early beginnings" The pinpoint accuracy of your lazy fictions is astounding

[@roontunes]

as kids we used to pick foxglove flowers and wear them on our fingers 😊

[@Dormousedreamsofcheese]

In German they are actually called thimbles. That's why all German children are told NOT to do that. 😅

[@Falney]

I am surprised Bluebells didn't make the list. When young they resemble multiple edible plants like wild garlic. But the bulbs are pretty nasty and are fairly common in woodlands around the UK.

[@arthurroberts9474]

Wow, I’m a keen gardener but every day is a school day….really enjoyed this video….

[@brothermaleuspraetor9505]

WOW! As a very young child, (3-8), I used to play around Foxglove and admire its beauty. Bumble Bees loved it. My Mother planted a cottage garden, with all sorts of flowers and herbs in it. Foxglove was a favourite one of mine. Its flowers were bright, bold, deep pinky-purple with the mottling inside and there indeed was often a Bumble Bee inside haha. I don't remember my Mother telling me to stay away from it, but then again, I already had the mind to respect the flowers and not to touch them or mess with them, because I could see how delicate they were and I knew how hard my Mother worked on making that garden, so I never had a problem to begin with. Also, I didn't want to get my finger stung by a Bee, unsuspectingly hiding inside the flowers lol! Thank you for this video by the way. Great information every one should learn!

[@Kopesy]

Mate, this is brilliant. I've just started out as a self-employed gardener and had no idea we had so many asshole plants! Good to know. Cheers o/

[@mibidoit]

😁👌

[@skycat777u.k5]

Yes mr Kope 🙏 as a Cat I concur 👌 there's many 'asshole ☘️🌿🌱plants' around as you brilliantly put it lol👏😝😸😸🐾👌

[@skeetskeet4123]

Hey man, love to see someone becoming their own boss! I aspire to self employ myself in the horticultural space... Do you possibly have any tips that would help me out if I were to seek out my own little gardening business? Thanks in advance and no worries if you want to keep your trade secrets lol

[@bampidraws]

@@skeetskeet4123 🍀🤞

[@galinor7]

I lost a rabbit to a poisonous plat last year. It isn't just people but family pets who get killed. People don't realise that rabbits learn what they can eat from older rabbits, it isn't an instinct and apart from grass most things bad for us poison them. Great video.

[@kaydavis6752]

This is true. They will eat dock leaves but they are poisonous to rabbits.

[@spodzone]

Absolutely. Also dogs can get poisoning from foxgloves, some lillies, pink clover, ... :/

[@andrewince8824]

Best days of my childhood were spent with Ragwort. Loved pulling it in the fields.

[@SteveSmith-wk9dx]

My brother was injured by Giant Hogweed while clearing weeds from an allotment. He got the sap on his arms and lower legs while working on a bright sunny day. Within a couple of hours he looked like he'd been whipped with hot wires - skin blistered and swollen in streaks. He was in a lot of pain, barely able to walk or move his arms for a couple of days. It took two weeks to scab and heal, and he had very visible scars for six months. He still has a few faint scars more than ten years later. Don't mess with this stuff.

[@lukedorrington7455]

Really important information and your the first person I know of that's dedicated a video to the subject, 👍

[@notone4540]

Important and incorrect. Sadly the belladonna and ragwort are not the plants shown in video. Better look em up yourself and or buy some books. But best is experience in the field.

[@sheppsi6934]

@@notone4540 Thats corect the video needs editing or correcting

[@saffa2326]

How on earth did us Brits live into our 80+ lol

[@halosrusty]

Very informative video. As someone who works outdoors and who only knew about giant hog weed this video was an eye opener. You’ve earned my Subscription.

[@miquelbech5580]

A fun fact about Belladonna: We still use atropine (and derivatives thereof) in a medical context today. Atropine is used to dilate pupils when examining eyes, and ipratropium (a derivative) is used in the treatment of astma and COPD.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Good old bronchial dilator usually given as a nebuliser or inhaler.

[@adrijadas4350]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 its also an antidote to dog flea powder

[@ayandas874]

It is also used for diarrhoea, I think.

[@je6874]

As well as Digitalis, which was used in heart failure.

[@CrimeVid]

@@wideyxyz2271 I still am prescribed it, very good for a persistent cough,

[@biscuittechnician]

i got giant hogweed sap on my face when i was working as a landscaper, we were strimming the grass verges along a motorway and i got some sprayed in my face.. i didnt think anything of it to start with, but it soon started to get nippy.. i walked back to the van and washed off the mulch/paste and when i looked in the mirror i had big blisters around where my glasses had been. still got the scars 10 years later, extremely happy i was wearing ppe or i would be blind.

[@nightingale58]

I have foxglove in my garden, because it is stately and beautiful. My Granny used to take me and my sister on walks, and she taught us all about the dangerous plants we encountered. I still miss her wisdom.

[@deanrussell8744]

This should be taught in school. Excellent video.

[@mfx1]

It was taught in my school but that was many years ago.

[@alecisla]

I touched a plant in my garden the other day that left blisters in my arm and kept itching for 2 full days, extremely painful and annoying. Now looking to find out what plant was that, thanks to your video, I know! It was that evil Hogweed you showed first...and we have loads, which will be all cut properly now! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, extremely helpful and important!!!

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

Likely to be Hogweed which is extremely common. The effect is due to the hairy spicules which act a bit like nettle. The action of foxglove is entirely incorrect.

[@tuttebelleke]

In a specific place in our region (in Belgium) the hogweed grows to literally arms thick. We make fantastic didgeridoo's from them.

[@Rob.P974]

I’ve had the hogweed treatment, clearing it from a river bank not knowing what it was tearing it down with my bare hands, I remember wiping my hands on my T shirt, it was a miracle I never rubbed my face or itched my eyes. Next thing my whole mid section was burning and blistering, it lasted about 6 weeks and was burning agony, especially at night trying to sleep. Thanks for making this video 👍🏻

[@andezdoes]

I'm confused , or very very lucky . When I was a child in late 80s I used to play in massive growths of this . there was that much I used to pretend it was a forest and chop it down like it was trees and hack away at it . was easily three times my height at that age . Found out when I was a teen that it was harmful . But never believed it because of how I used to play in it . The way it is described here is scary to think about .

[@soundseeker63]

​@@andezdoes Its the sap that is toxic I beleive. Like a few of the other plants here, it's only really bad if you break it and get the sap on your skin or worse, ingest it. I've seen Coucil folks clearing it once or twice and they always come in full haz mat suits, so yes I think you were pretty lucky!

[@andersondawn3631]

You’re immune. You’re humanity’s only hope of a vaccine 💉

[@andezdoes]

@@andersondawn3631 🤣🤣🤣 I'm willing to sacrifice for the greater good 👍

[@StrangeJimi]

Hope you've fully recovered!

[@garethskidmore9567]

As many have mentioned before in comments, this sort of video needs to be shown around classrooms along with basic first aid skills! Thankfully I grew up in the countryside and had keen gardening parents who taught about most of what’s shown here, I in turn have shown my kids! Just found this channel and have now subscribed!👍👍

[@timsexton8146]

I live in Virginia, USA. I was just talking to my best friend yesterday about Giant Hogweed he had been burned with and I have seen foxglove also but did not know of its potential bad side. Thank you very much

[@ryanc822003]

Thank you for this.. I’m only just getting in to foraging and edible so this was a shock. Very informative cheers. I really wonder what 52 people who disliked the video had to be disappointed over. Baffles me!

[@jimmyrustler8983]

52 people who disliked this wiped with poison ivy after a nature dump.

[@richardhobb-chambers3733]

I had a poster with photos about these poisonous plants as boy in late 1980s.

[@johnon1344]

Because those 52 people had just been told they had 3 hours to live 😁

[@mart6571]

Many thanks for this. I had heard some of these names before but wouldn't have recognised them and didn't realise they are so common. I enjoy the outdoors and sometimes like to pick, scrunch and sniff random leaves and flowers. I now realise I have been quite lucky👍

[@BasedDocumentarian]

You're weird for that bro, to each their own.

[@MattAlexan]

Yes, but how many of these can you remember by SIGHT!- No good quoting it’s Latin name- you have to visually recognise these! - The first one was easy just from its sheer size, but then I found they got progressively harder to remember as the clip went on!!

[@cantrembrt]

Wow! Blown away with this video. I used to grow foxgloves in my garden. Never knew they were so dangerous! Thank you.

[@gerryedwards9738]

Very useful. Didn't know there are two types of hemlock. Knew about the one with purple markings, but not about the 'celery stalks and parsley leaves' variety. Very good way to remember it. Thanks again.

[@Ade4fish]

Three types if you include the tree :)

[@jethropike1964]

there's also lesser hemlock/fools parsley, that grows by the roadsides, it's a good idea to steer clear of that as well,

[@simonpackham5780]

That’s it! In future, I will obtain leaves and berries from the wilds of Asda (and hope for the best!)

[@religionisasnare]

You have highlighted the problem with this video, it focuses on fear. I often get looks of horror when people see me pick wild roses and eat the rose hips (which are very sweet like plums) people think anything growing wild are pioson they get scared of any food that does not come out of the supermarkets. I often see wild apple trees full of apples and nobody wants to pick them or wild cherry trees with all the cherries lying on the floor wasted.

[@simonpackham5780]

@@religionisasnare For me, while I do take your point, I am ignorant of much of this, I think your user Id sums up my cautious approach

[@plottwist1733]

@@religionisasnare I think people need to be educated about what IS safe and what isn't. Obviously, only showing people the plants out there that are toxic will make them paranoid, but if you contrast it with the vast array of ones that are edible and how to differentiate them from similar looking plants that are poisonous, perhaps they wouldn't be so scared of the natural world around them. I'm pretty sure most people many years ago were up on this sort of stuff, but it seems to be knowledge that has been lost to time outside of people who are into botany and/or wild foraging. Wouldn't surprise me if this has been done on purpose to discourage people from foraging for their own food, making them wholly reliant on supermarkets and fast food chains. If there was a societal collapse, most people would be like a fish out of water.

[@DarkCity4Real]

These are great tips as I remember touching some deadly nightshade as a kid. My dad first spotted what I'd done and both parents quickly kept my hands away from my mouth and managed to find an outdoor tap where they washed my hands thoroughly. Who knows what as a kid I might have done otherwise. Everyone should learn these skills.

[@6yjjk]

"Euphorbia, next to me here. Now, there are a number of different types." Chilled, Ibiza...

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Nah, that's euphoria ;-)

[@missworm]

For Agatha Christie fans - any time a character mentions ‘eyedrops’ you know that’s going to be the murder weapon. Old Agatha was very keen on her atropine (ooh, poetry!)

[@barry5356]

That's very true and she was never Educated at school,Total Respect,This is a Lady who should have received a Knighthood.

[@digitig]

@@barry5356 That's "Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE" to the likes of you and me. The DBE was for services to literature.

[@SvenTviking]

Atropine is of course, an antidote itself, to nerve agents, as it speeds the heart rate while nerve gas stops the heart.

[@scruff921]

Top gayness this comment is 😂

[@missworm]

Dame Agatha also used Monkshood to dispatch a few of her victims - Doctor Quimper used it in '4:50 from Paddington' if I remember rightly. And Hemlock was used in 'Five Little pigs'. I expect there are others that I've forgotten.

[@CH11LER.]

This kind of knowledge should be taught in schools. I love spending time outdoors (weather permitting) and have started getting interested in the wild flora of the areas I visit. I tend to use an identification app if there's something new I haven't seen before. I think the only one out of these 10 you showed I knew not to touch was the giant hogweed. I wish I was more educated on the subject as I like to find edibles such as wild strawberries, juniper berries, wild garlic, and so on but this short video has opened my eyes on just how careful you need to be even in thr UK.

[@jezp1976]

The plant you identified as deadly nightshade looks more like woody nightshade to me.

[@brumble]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 you still havn't made the ammendment

[@patrickhouston2610]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 mate isn't too hard to amend your video, who reads small print mentality, you have to not only talk about being responsible but actually do the same regarding mistakes, educating is wonderful but you got to do it right, be on top of it.

[@carolinegraystone9308]

yes that is woody night shade . I have only come across deadly nightshade once it is not common

[@lennibuckeye]

Thank you for the info...

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

@@carolinegraystone9308 The black berry looked right for deadly nightshade though, I've only once seen it growing in the wild in Yorkshire though. Woody nightshade is more common, however.

[@Dingleowl1582]

Another great informative video. One I’ll have to watch another dozen times for it to sink in 👍

[@gileswitcomb8273]

brillian film thank you, sent into my daughters forest school for helping them with identifying and educating the young and old alike

[@Alexandra_Hill]

I'm originally from a town in the North East of England and when I was around 5ish, a bunch of kids from our street decided to pick and eat the "pea pods" from the trees at the bottom of our garden, that evening we all found ourselves in A&E having our stomachs pumped, the offending tree - Laburnum....

[@candicehealy1629]

😱😱😱😱 yes that's 11 for the list! Lillies could be 12 but think it's mostly cat's that they are toxic for! I assume because we should know not to eat lillies right?

[@Stettafire]

Shouldn't eat sweet peas either. They grew wild in my hometown, people mistook them for edible peas

[@SimWoo21]

You're not alone there mate. I was sick in my head teachers car on the way to hospital. Can still remember the taste of those 'sweet peas'

[@juliejay5436]

How about horse chestnuts? They are so similar to the Spanish chestnuts... Maybe horse chestnuts taste and smell disgusting when roasted.

[@redblade8160]

@@juliejay5436 Anyone that cuts the balls off a horse and eats them should be punished!

[@xellisx1983]

This type of thing should be taught in schools across Great Britain. I’ve always thought that our education system was lacking in proper education of indigenous plant species, but I had no idea of the serious dangers growing on my doorstep. Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@ugm5kjl]

Thanks for the video! Very helpful and entertaining. Must have taken quite some time to find/edit/film so thank you!

[@wnhevenhuis7582]

In the Netherlands foxglove it is very common across the country. We call it "vingerhoedskruid". Different color flowers ranging from pink to purple, white, yellow, reddish. It is considered a a beautiful ornamental garden flower. Many people also have them in their gardens in cities and towns. Especially the leaves and flowers are poisonous and most toxic when the flowers bloom. Cases of poisoning people don't occur often. One leaf or flower is enough to cause toxicity causing symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Main effect is bradycardia, or slowing of the heart beating. Substance is digitalis which is used commonly today to treat a certain common heart disease. Sporadic accidents happen where people accidententally pluck a leaf for a salad and mistake it for a non toxic leaf of another plant.

[@StevenKeery]

Wnhevenhuis: My Mother grew Foxgloves in her garden, they are a pretty plant. Why do bees and other insects not succumb to them when raiding them for nectar or eating parts of the petals or leaves, or coming in contact with the pollen?

[@brucealanwilson4121]

The mixjng of the leaves into a salad was how Agatha Christie polished off one of the victims in a Miss Marple story. Christie was a trained dispensarian (pharmacy technician), and was very careful about drugs & poisons.

[@avril4421]

So impressed with this documentary. I’ve lived in the country side for much of my life and have been aware of most of these plants from my childhood, however I don’t remember who taught me. My neighbours grandchildren are town bred but spend time here loving the forest. I immediately shared your video with her to show the children. So important, especially as my cousins son died at the age of 17 from monkshood poisoning in a mistaken attempt to “see what making a brew from the leaves” would do. So thank you for the knowledge you are passing on.

[@geoffmatthews2353]

Hi Nick, this is probably the best video about the UKs poisonous plants I’ve seen, great job! I wonder if it’s worth putting together a pdf guide to go with it. Keep up the great work!

[@davolaa]

For your safety, there’s a couple of wrong id’s here. The ‘deadly nightshade’ is actually woody nightshade, and the ‘ragwort’ looks like lapsana communis (edible)

[@pirrex2266]

Not only Uk, al over Eu!

[@katastar221]

I just subscribed. I'm in the Southern US 🇺🇸. I'm not familiar with what's here yet. just recently moved from a northern state... where I've seen several of the plants on your video. I had no idea some of them were so deadly. I'll definitely be paying closer attention and researching my local flora. looking forward to more of your videos also. and I love EVERYTHING UK 🇬🇧 💞

[@MrDometheo79]

A masterpiece video and much needed. These are potent plants that don't usually give second chances. Thank you for taking the time to do it.

[@Damo1981]

I recognise a few of the plants mentioned. Definitely the hogweed, foxglove and cuckoo pint. I've taken this list of plants and plan to go searching for them to make myself familiar with them. Many thanks for the information

[@thesloaneranger1]

I had a nasty brush with giant hogweed. Reaching round a bush while wearing a sleeveless top, I hadn’t noticed a hogweed growing next to it - the damn thing brushed my underarm area. It took around 10 weeks to heal because, of course, every time I moved my arm, the blisters were aggravated some more :(

[@richardcrook2112]

We used to play lightsabres with dried hogweed stems when we were kids. I knew someone that tried smoking one and he did get the blisters around his mouth like the chap said, to be fair.

[@TrefyJot]

Great info. A lot of these things (esp Ragwort) are great for wildlife (Cinnabar caterpillars) so it's really about being wise to them rather than bludgeoning it to death. Having said that, i am certainly not keen on Giant Hogweed. Ty :)

[@NarcoticZombie]

This is mental, alot of these plants look so familiar. When I was homeless I would walk through a lot of plants that looked like this to find somewhere out of the way to sleep

[@Aengus42]

I'm glad you found somewhere. That feeling, as the streets empty, and you've nowhere to go home to is truly awful. All those cosy lights behind curtains... Keep safe mate. 💜☮️

[@NarcoticZombie]

@@Aengus42 thanks. It was hard out on the streets. did a year sleeping rough, I'm so happy I've got a roof over my head now.

[@Aengus42]

@@NarcoticZombie Good to hear! From your screen name we probably would've teamed up out there 😜

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Here's me thinking the most dangerous plant in the UK was nettles!

[@madgardener5820]

Another excellent video, keep them coming. I was digging out the wild section of our garden a couple of years ago and found some lords and ladies roots - quite chunky with the appearance of ginger root. Not knowing what it was at the time (I only knew the above ground bit) I thought it could be a source of starch so I tried a bit. The burning started pretty blinking quick so I washed out my mouth for a few minutes with changes of water. It lead me to decide that on my gravestone I'd like it to read. "I WISH I'D LOOKED IT UP BEFORE I ATE IT"

[@paulgee6111]

You went back to first principles though! How did our ancestors discover the edible and medicinal properties of plants? Most likely by trying a tiny little bit first!😁

[@Rick-ve5lx]

@@paulgee6111 I would guess they took a criminal or captive, forced him him to eat various plants, fungi etc. and carefully observed the results.

[@paulgee6111]

@@Rick-ve5lx That's a credible hypothesis.

[@adamabele785]

@@Rick-ve5lx Its more likely that people had nothing to eat and then gave it a try. And they were not stupid either.

[@marciogarcia4761]

Thank for this very helpful information. I moved to the UK two years ago and I love to walk and see the wild plants manly flowers and the colors. Usually I touched and crush the leaves to feel the texture and the smell. Very dangerous habit. Now I will pay attention in a dangerous plants. Sincerely I never expected it here in the Uk so poisonous plants.

[@Nitelife30]

Wow, this stuff is awesome. So informative. Never thought we had so many killer plants next to us. Subscribed.

[@senrioflove]

I've been teaching my friend how to forage and because he likes to randomly pick me flowers, one of the first things he has learned us not to pick a flower he doesn't know and generally not to touch any tall plants with small white flowers because although some are delicious, most are not worth that risk

[@N3ONLUV]

your friendship sounds lovely, that's so sweet

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

We have a hell of a lot of the “ Giant hogweed “ growing in a local park near to where I live ( Tees side ) in the north east, and along many stretches of the river bank on the middle and lower river Tees.

[@aynsleycooper365]

Alarmingly informative! - made me think hard about our daily walks though, thanks.

[@frankdingle9920]

I live in Australia and we have foxgloves here. It was my aunt who told me to get rid of the plant, it would kill the pets. It was removed and burned. This has been very informative, loved how you went into detail on the varying plants

[@-Pol-]

It's not THAT bad. in fact it's a common cottage garden ornamental in the UK. Often it's supplied as a component of wildflower seed mixes as it's a great source of nectar for bees. Foxgloves are safe enough so long as you don't eat them. Same goes for Ragwort. Tulips and Daffodils are toxic too but folks aren't fearful of those because they're pretty and vendors for some reason choose not to highlight it. Mind you, if those Australian foxgloves are non-native invasives, or have different, more deadly properties then burn away!

[@balke7935]

We have dogs and always have foxgloves in the garden. Your pets are smart enough to not eat it, it’s absolutely fine.

[@dunc71]

That's excessive, I do the opposite I grow them for the bees. I just tell my children not to eat too much

[@greyjamiesod4989]

In the summer of 1959 I collected seed of foxgloves from around Cheshire and S Lancashire. My cousin collected them from Ayrshire and Dumfriesshire. We scattered them in a wood near Lockerbie. Today it is a SSSI due to the diversity.

[@bazsuperbi]

Bravo 👏

[@Janet-v7v]

You can buy Foxglove seeds from the garden centres

[@philipyoud9396]

Great video, thanks. Very clear. Unfortunately you've made a common error with plant no.9. The plant you showed is Woody Nightshade, or Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) which is often mistaken for Deadly Nightshade. Woody Nightshade is very common in hedgerows and elsewhere in the UK, while Deadly Nightshade is actually quite rare. The berries of Woody Nightshade, which are initially green, then yellow and finally red, are toxic however, but nothing like as toxic as the shiny black berries of Deadly Nightshade.

[@kvantomme1]

Also nr 10 was not right, it was hard to see, but i don't think that was not ragwort

[@sailingayoyo]

I spotted that too. Otherwise, great video.

[@bevbond6152]

Yes I agree with other comments Ident on the Nightshade and Senecio were definitely incorrect. However I think you got the point across ! It would be nice to see those corrected when you find the correct examples. The true ‘ Deadly Nightshade is indeed very rare, I have only seen it in one place in 66 years, and the one you showed is indeed poisonous, just not as poisonous and wrongly identified.

[@granthropologist3622]

Was searching the comments to see if anyone else had mentioned this already. I’ve only seen true deadly nightshade once; it sprang up in a garden in central Peterborough about a decade ago. I was most impressed by the berries. Is that narrow-leaved ragwort? I can’t see it clearly so I’m going with benefit of the doubt. It isn’t the familiar common ragwort.

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

Backs up the feeling this "expert" isn't! Short sleeves in amongst Giant Hogweed is a telling sign.

[@arfabarmcake2776]

Didn’t expect so many deadly plants in the uk, thanks for telling us about them 🤔

[@1justpara]

Now THIS is what our children should be learning in schools instead of the garbage being pushed on them today. EXCELLENT video, thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

[@DouglasPark-rx2bn]

One of the best comments I've seen on here!

[@cerenaobrien7970]

I'm not exactly sure what you you're referring to when you say "garbage"so I'm gonna assume A: American.B: you're referring to LGBTQ+inclusive language 😖 Typically here in Europe we don't call that"garbage". Either way couldn't they learn both.😂 Also, why you gotta ruin this guy's informative video with your "garbage"comments 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@1justpara]

​@@cerenaobrien7970 Where have *I 'ruined' this guy's informative video* and what's 'garbage' about my comment? The video is excellent (as I've already said) and if you don't understand my comment you should either read it again s l o w l y or go to your local school and find out exactly what 'garbage' they are teaching our children. Have a nice day. EDIT and why would you want them to 'learn both'?

[@cerenaobrien7970]

@@1justpara you're under the impression that your homophobic/racist undertones are some how going to improve this mans flora video?Nobody came here for that. Trying to patronise a mother of 4 by suggesting I read slower says all I need to know about you. I know exactly what's being taught in my school's. I fully support inclusive language, critical race theory, science, geography,all sorts of crazy things . And "why would I want them to learn BOTH" is about the most ignorant question I've heard in a long time,🤦🏼‍♀️ We send our children to places of "learning". Emphasis on the "learning" part...🙄

[@1justpara]

@@cerenaobrien7970 Good for you. You're so smart you don't even SEE what's taught in your children's schools, I pity you.

[@liamvnbw]

I've read everywhere that Aconitum Napellus is toxic upon contact with the skin, like you said. Yet I had that plant in my flowergarden for years, without knowing it was dangerous, and I always just handeled this with bare hands. I must have been incredibly lucky to not have had any problems! (Don't worry, I'm using gloves now)

[@suzannewlaschin7900]

To answer your question - I have four variant colours of foxglove in my garden here on The Isle of Wight - dark purple, light purple, white with purple throat specks and true white with faint beige throat specks. I love them and let them spread and don't touch or eat them!

[@pirrex2266]

Very selfish:(

[@dustineputtaert5792]

Really fascinating great information awesome video 👍👍👍👍👍Im goin to try mix the foxglove monkshood and the seeds from hemlock

[@AnnaBridgland]

Thank you for this video, I'm from Australia but living in the UK now, so this was super helpful as I'm not familiar with the plants here (yet)!

[@Marinecreature]

You're from the land of the Gympie Gympie stinger, which puts all this into perspective!

[@lacritzer3070]

Poison hemlock has become a hugely invasive problem in the states, we found it growing next to a playground a few weeks ago!

[@lynn69jackson]

My late mother told me about all of the toxic plants you're showing. She was a keen gardener and grew some deadly plants in her garden. By the age of 10 I had already lost count of the people I had saved by stopping them eating deadly nightshade berries.

[@lindatisue733]

Thanks for the video! It is a service. If one is from another continent, some of these dangerous plants are unknown. As a US agricultural student, I had a class in weed identification but it didn't cover many European plants. Giant hogweed got me my first summer in Sweden, twelve years ago. I just brush up against it, I still have the scars. Fox glove is a north American native. Not only was it imported to Europe because it was pretty, but they used it for medicine.

[@Linz0440]

You sure about that? I've been told common foxglove is native to the British Isles and Western Europe.and that it was imported to North America and is now naturalised there.

[@sroberts605]

Foxglove is a European native, imported to America.

[@-Atmos1]

Genesis wrote a song about the Giant Hogweed called "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" From their album "Nursery Cryme" !

[@meruliouslacrimens5154]

I remember the giant hogweed as a kid with the copious warnings about blisters, skin burns and plants at least fifteen foot tall. The council never did anything about them, but as kids we always kept away.

[@paulgee6111]

Excellent video. My grandad taught me this and more when I was 5yrs old but the kids of today seldom have that luxury. As general rules I was taught "assume it's poisonous unless you KNOW it's edible" and "don't touch if hairy, purple spotted or sap milky".

[@paulgee6111]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 My pleasure and thanks to you too! Btw I remembered my Grandad taught me to use a stick to investigate potentially dangerous plants and other items "don't stick your hand in that hole you don't know what's in there"! and also for wading in the River safely.

[@lastspud7030]

wise advice..dont touch it if its hairy.. wish someone had told me that when I was a young soldier lol

[@paulgee6111]

@@lastspud7030 Lol, probably good advice for the animal kingdom as well as the plant kingdom!

[@wideyxyz2271]

@@lastspud7030 I concur lol.

[@paulgee6111]

@@lastspud7030 Not as much as you wished they warned you about the purple spots!😂

[@stuffandnonsense8528]

Loved this video. Great stuff. I think it's worth emphasising that the ragwort risk can be overblown. The fresh plant really isn't much of a bother to anyone (man or beast), the amount you'd need to ingest to do much damage is fairly significant. Yes, lots of dried plant isn't a good idea, but obviously it doesn't compare to something like hemlock.

[@saradeborahviolinist9583]

Thank you very much for this informative video, I‘ll share it. I‘m a forager in learning, and am still getting to know much of the carrot family before trying any of it. I‘m very aware of the two types of hemlock and their comparison to cow parsley. We have lots near the riversides where many children play and I tell people about it wherever I can. What I‘m not very clear is the difference between hogweed and giant hogweed. We have lots of (what I believe is normal) hogweed on our most popular walk but it grows rather tall, up to 2m I‘d say. I haven‘t come across dog‘s mercury and deadly nightshade so thanks for showing that. We have foxglove and ragwort in the garden, insects love them, and interestingly the Guinea pigs know to stay well clear. Just wondering, the ragwort example you showed looks very different to our ragwort that‘s loved by the cinnabar moths. Ours has darker, bigger, multiple divided leaves and clusters of thick yellow flowerheads.

[@davidhampton7574]

Very good up to the last few; the deadly nightshade you identified was actually Solanum dulcamara, or Woody Nightshade, still pretty toxic, but not Belladonna. And your Ragwort wasn't Ragwort, not sure what it was, but definitely not Ragwort.

[@lisadurham2545]

yep! I have seen plenty of fatal cases in horses and that wasn't it. Good idea for a video but quite a few errors.

[@andysands4695]

Agreed, woody nightshade, aka bitter sweet. At a glance I'd say that the 'ragwort' was nipplewort, I'm entirely open to being corrected. But a great video, why important information like this isn't taught in school is a mystery to me.

[@WLHS]

We get all colour variants of fox gloves in Australia. Single and double blooms from dwarf to giant varieties.

[@davidarundel6187]

Foxgloves , are in New Zealand - we have white , pink , mauve , and a couple of other colours . These take 2 years to flower , and are liked by Bumble Bees for both food and shelter . The seeds I suspect were brought out by settlers , and in particular the Apothecary or Herbalist Healers . The leaves when picked , stink , like Hemlock , another settler plant , which when young looks like flat leafed parsley - you will know it's not , by the smell it gives off when picked - Bees , tend to avoid this plant , but flys and similar will pollinate it .

[@danielholden5847]

Yes I seen it too in NZ in all those colours.

[@johnmoohan]

Excellent and very accurate information great video thanks. I hope all woodland adventurers watch this

[@alexgaras1573]

11:37 Be aware in early spring leaf, it looks more like Borago Officinalis, or Borage if my Latin is badly spelt. Also a common useful plant of great virtue for those of us in botany and or the survival/bushcraft feild. The smell of Primula and Borago will distinguish them from Digitalis 😉👍✌️

[@carlhatton6315]

Thanks for an awesome video once again I am going to share this on my local community on Facebook that is a lot of these plants in the area and a local country park walk what is quite frequently used and I think some of these plants are there😮 once again thank you for your video

[@tonkas8355]

Big thanks! Just dug up what looked like Hemlock from the wild flowers in the front where the kids play! I'd assumed it was a big cow parsley, but had the stem had purple splodges and was smoother.

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 Might want to stand well back from the bonfire though, pretty sure the smoke won't be too good for your lungs.

[@Lily-Bravo]

Always annoys me when people say natural is harmless, but then I grew up with a mother knowledgeable about wild plants. Even so, I wasn't prepared to find myself in hospital with my toddler son who had been helping me plant seeds, and then asked for more "to eat". I phoned the doc as a precaution but as the seeds turned out to be corncockle, eradicated from the farmer's fields because of the toxic seeds, it wasn't long before Junior was in A and E vomiting to clear his stomach. The nurses asked if he had had laburnum seeds as it was coming up to "that time of year". Another one for the list.

[@steenystuff1075]

We had a Laburnum tree in our garden when I was a kid and I remember our mother telling us it was poisonous too.

[@1invag]

@@steenystuff1075 why wouldn't you just chop that down if you've got kids lol idk seems mental. You can tell a kid don't mess with it all you want, no guarantee they won't anyway. As an adult I will still lick a random tree or leaf when challenged to do so by a certain 8 year old boy haha its a miracle I've survived. Considering how valuable this information is it's a shame I will have forgotten the names and appearances of all of these within minutes... Ffs 🤣

[@steenystuff1075]

@@1invag I've got arum lilies in my garden. Very pretty but they're also poisonous. I've had to tell my grandchildren not to touch them for that reason. I have 17 grandchildren and so far they haven't touched the plants.

[@gazzatop7378]

I don't know how i survived my childhood🙏 I was always picking plants. Great information for someone who loves the outdoors 🌱☘🍀🍃🌿

[@debbiecurtis4021]

When we were young girls we had a pony in a field. We were taught to pull up all of the ragwort from the field to stop the horses eating ragwort and dying.

[@missworm]

Highly toxic to horses, cattle, pigs and chicken. Sheep and deer apparently have a tolerance to it.

[@johnwalshe3]

Ragwort is really poisonous to livestock, but as you say, they won't eat it while it's growing, but they will if it's accidentally got cut and dried in with hay. What you showed looks more like Hawkweed though - with long thin pointed leaves rather than the rounded crinkley-edged leaves of Ragwort. The yellow flowers are also more 'scatteted' on Hawkweed, rather than the more compact, almost umbrel-like clusters of Ragwort.

[@Corialtavi]

I thought it was a legal requirement to clear ragwork from fields when found. Many a happy summer pulling ragwort and piling it up to burn as a child. No gloves !

[@Twisted_Rose96]

This is very great and informative, I didn't even know there were so many deadly and poisonous plants here in England! Why are we not taught about these in school? I definitely feel that more people should know about these plants, this video should definitely be shown in primary schools across the country

[@garyphisher7375]

Imagine teaching kids about readily available poison - definitely nothing could go wrong.

[@syntheticsoundtracks]

Almost all of what they teach you at school is junk information

[@B----------------------------D]

​@@garyphisher7375what a stupid stance, next tell me it's bad to teach them about fire and sharp objects.

[@garyphisher7375]

@@B----------------------------D Fire and sharp objects are both found in every home in the world. Poisons are not. You do sound stupid though so teach your kids about poison - spare the rest of us from them!

[@lanialost1320]

There are enough antisocial kids in schools without adding this info to their arsenal.

[@deems5937]

I live in central Otago NZ, and sadly have a number of these plants here too. Hemlock, Deadly Nightshade, Ragwort, Fox gloves and Arum, to name a few! I only knew about these because my elder sister was a passionate gardener who knew the latin names of everything, whilst I struggled to know the common name! She showed me what to avoid, but no effort was made here to educate the general populace. Mind you, I am talking about 65 odd years ago! Thanks for your clear and well described warnings. Cheers, Diane.

[@duncanspiers8855]

Great video. I’m frequently trying to get local farmers to remove hemlock from field borders as it is so dangerous. The nightshade you show, point taken as to its dangers, is solanum dulcamara or woody nightshade bittersweet which has red fruits. Atropa belladonna is rather bigger and has black berries. You could also do a series on deadly mushrooms perhaps?

[@opal2323]

yaa, definitely solanum sp. also, the ragwort at the end I'm 90% sure isn't ragwort, but it gives a fairly good visual of what it looks like i think