1 Abrus precatorius - Rosary Pea

2 Aconitum spp. - Monkshood, Aconite, or Wolfsbane

3 Actaea spp. - Baneberry, Dolls Eyes, White Cohosh, Snakeberry

4 Aesculus spp. - Horse Chestnut, Buckeye

5 Agrostemma githago - Corn Cockle

6 Aleurites fordii - Tung Oil Tree

7 Allium spp. - Commercial Onions, Wild Onions, Swamp Onions, and Chives

8 Amanita spp. - Monkey Agaric, Panther Cap, Death Cap, and Death Angel Mushrooms

9 A. muscaria - Fly Agaric

10 A. pantherina - Panther

11 A. verna - Destroying Angels

12 Amaranthus spp. - Pigweed

13 Amsinckia intermedia - Fiddleneck

14 Apocynum spp. - Dogbane

15 Argemone mexicana - Prickly Poppy or Mexican Poppy

16 Arisaema spp. - Jack in the Pulpit

17 Asclepias spp. - Milkweed

18 Astragalus and Oxytropis spp. - Locoweed

19 Atropa belladonna - Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade

20 Brassica spp, - Rape, Cabbage, Turnips, Broccoli, Mustard

21 Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold or Cowslip

22 Cannabis sativa - Marijuana

23 Centaurea solstitialis - Yellow Star Thistle

24 Chelidonium majus - Celandine

25 Chenopodium album - Lamb's Quarters

26 Cicuta spp. - Water Hemlock or Cowbane

27 Claviceps spp. - Ergot

28 Conium maculatum - Poison Hemlock

29 Coronilla varia - Crown Vetch

30 Convallaria majalis - Lily of the Valley

31 Daphne spp. - Daphne

32 Datura spp. - Jimsonweed, Downy Thornapple, Devil's Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet

33 Delphinium spp. - Delphiniums and Larkspurs

34 Dicentra spp. - Bleeding Heart, Squirrel Corn, Dutchman's Breeches

35 Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove

36 Equisetum arvense and other spp. - Horsetail

37 Eupatorium rugosum - White Snakeroot

38 Euphorbia spp. - Poinsettia, Spurges, Snow on the Mountain

39 Fagoypyrum esculentum - Buckwheat

40 Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue

41 Gelsemium sempervirens - Jessamine

42 Glechoma spp. - Ground Ivy, Creeping Charlie, and Gill over the Ground

43 Halogeton glomeratus - Halogeton

44 Helleborus niger - Christmas Rose

45 Hyoscyanamus niger - Henbane

46 Hypericum perforatum - St. Johns Wort, Klamath Weed

47 Iris spp. - Irises

48 Laburnum anagyroides - Golden Chain or Laburnum

49 Lantana camara - Lantana, Red Sage, Yellow Sage, or West Indian Lantana

50 Lathyrus spp. - Sweet Pea, Tangier Pea, Everlasting Pea, Caley Pea and Singletary Pea

51 Leucothoe axillaris and Leucothoe davisiae - Drooping Leucothoe and Sierra Laurel

52 Linum usitatissimum - Flax

53 Lobelia spp. - Great Lobelia, Cardinal Flower, and Indian Tobacco

54 Lotus corniculatus - Birdsfoot Trefoil

55 Lupinus spp. - Lupine

56 Medicago sativa - Alfalfa or Lucerne

57 Metilotus alba and Melilotus officinalis - White and Yellow Sweetclover

58 Menispermum canadense - Moonseed

59 Nerium oleander - Oleander

60 Nicotiana spp. - Tobacco and Tree Tobacco

61 Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern

62 Ornithogalum umbellatum - Star of Bethlehem

63 Papaver spp. - Various Poppies including Opium Poppy

64 Phytolacca americana - Pokeweed

65 Pieris japonica and other spp. - Japanese Pieris, Mountain Fetterbrush

66 Pinus ponderosa - Ponderosa Pine

67 Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple and Mandrake

68 Prunus spp. - Wild Cherries, Black Cherry, Bitter Cherry, Choke Cherry, Pin Cherry

69 Pteridium aquilinium - Bracken Fern

70 Quercus spp. - Oak Trees

71 Ranunculus spp. - Buttercups or Crowfoot

72 Rheum rhaponticum - Rhubarb

73 Ricinus communis - Castor Bean

74 Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust

75 Rumex spp. - Dock

76 Sambucus canadensis - Elderberry

77 Sanquinaria canadensis - Bloodroot

78 Saponaria spp. - Bouncing Bet and Cow Cockle

79 Senecio spp. - Senecio, Groundsels, and Ragworts

80 Solanum spp. - Common Nightshade, Black Nightshade, Horse Nettle, Buffalo Bur, Potato

81 Sorghum spp. - Sorghum or Milo, Sudan Grass, and Johnson Grass

82 Symplocarpus foetidus - Eastern Skunk Cabbage

83 Taxus cuspidata - Yew

84 Tetradymia spp. - Horsebrush

85 Toxicodendron diversiloba - Poison oak

86 Toxicodendron radicans - Poison ivy

87 Toxicodendron vernix - Poison Sumac

88 Trifolium spp. - Alsike Clover, Red Clover, White Clover

89 Triglochin maritima - Arrowgrass

90 Urtica spp. - Stinging Nettle

91 Vicia spp. - Common Vetch, Hairy Vetch, Narrow leaved Vetch, Purple Vetch and Broad Beans

92 Veratrum californicum - Corn Lily, False Hellbore

93 Wisteria spp. - Wisteria

94 Xanthium strumarium - Cocklebur

95 Zigadenus spp. - Death Camas

96 Acer rubrum - Red maple, Swamp maple, Soft maple

97 Acer saccharum - Sugar maple, Rock maple, Hard maple

98 Acer saccharinum - Silver maple, Soft maple, White maple

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