Many poisonous plants mature in all part of California . The plants admit native , introduced and cultivate outside plant . Some toxicant plant life may look harmless and edible ; however , they can beat serious risk of illness , harm or death to humans or animal . Identifying poisonous plant is important in preventing such relative incidence from happen .
Poison Oak
Poison oak ( Toxicodendron diversilobum ) , also known as westerly poison oak , is native to westerly North America , which extend from British Columbia in the north , to Baja California in the south . Poison oak tree can be found in a wide range of mountains of habitats from ocean horizontal surface to high superlative , and in open forest , grassy hillsides , forests and prairies of California . A woody , dense shrub that normally grows 1 to 6 foot in high spirits under full sun , toxicant oak will also grow as a climbing vine in shaded areas .
Leaves that understudy on the stem have three to nine leaflets with the still hunt of the central leaflet being retentive than other leaflets . Each leaflet is 1 to 4 inches foresighted and smooth with toothed or lobate edges . The leave can be glossy or dull and sometimes haired , particularly on the small surface . In outpouring , the leave are greenish to illumine red , which become to glossy green in summer and after turn to orange and ruby-red . modest , white - green flowers bloom in summer , followed by whitish - green and round fruits .
An supersensitive response bump when a individual comes in middleman with poison oak leaves , stems , contaminated clothing , objects or deary . Within one to six daylight , water blisters appear . A mild dissolving agent such as scratch ( isopropyl ) alcohol pour over the exposed sphere , succeed by washing with quite a little of cold-blooded ( not red-hot ) weewee may forbid hide annoyance .
Destroying Angel
Amanita ocreata , also known as Destroying Angel , is an extremely poisonous mushroom cloud that has claimed spirit . It is a large , attractive mushroom cloud with a cream - colored , non - striate chapiter . A bulbous fundament appears with a thin , white volva ( membranous gasbag that encloses the base of a mushroom ) and a fragile , white annulus ( doughnut on a mushroom shank ) . Cap measures 2 to 7 column inch spacious , stipe ( stem or chaff - like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom ) is 5 to 11 inches marvellous and up to 1 - column inch thick .
Eating this mushroom-shaped cloud can get serious illness . Six hours after intake , it can cause severe liver damage , resulting in death . In some case , those who survive poison necessitate liver transplants .
This mushroom is vernacular in Santa Cruz county and the San Francisco Bay Area . Like its full cousin ' Death Cap ' ( Amanita phalloides ) , ' destroy Angel ' are found under Coast Liveoak ( Quercus agrifolia ) , but at different seasons . ' Death Cap ' appears in the fall while ' destroy Angel ' appear in the late winter and spring .
Lupine
Some specie of lupin are poisonous , such as lunara and tailcup lupin , which are indigenous to California . They grow on foothills and mountain ranges as well as on clear and wooded hillsides . These lupine are vicious at all stages from the fourth dimension they originate to spring up until their seed pods shatter . Poisonous lupines grow up to 1 - foot tall with leaves that have several leaflets , which ray from a central point in time . The flowers are down , whitened , pink , yellowish , or dreary and white .
