Thomas C. Fuller and Elizabeth McClintock

Poisonous Plants of California

California Natural History Guides, 53

$13.95, £8.50 paperback

978-0-520-05569-8

Out of Stock

384 pages,
May 1987, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Plants; Botany; California & the West; Gardening

Description | About the Authors

"The basic reference book on plant toxicity and its prevention; an invaluable tool for anyone working with or living near plants."—Fremontia

"Anyone raising young animals or children . . . shouldn't be without this book."—Barbara Saltzman, The Los Angeles Times Book Review

This highly informative volume describes California's native, naturalized, and cultivated plant species which can be poisonous and describes how to recognize them, where they are found, and what symptoms they produce.

Thomas C. Fuller, now a Research Associate in Botany at the California Academy of Sciences, was for several decades a Plant Taxonomist for the California Department of Food and Agriculture; his work included assisting veterinarians with suspected plant poisonings throughout the state. Elizabeth McClintock is a Research Associate in the Department of Botany at the University of California, Berkeley. As a professional botanist working with California plants, she specialized in ornamentals growing in gardens, parks, and other comparable areas.