Some of the most toxic plants are quite pretty in spite of their negative characters. Include jimsonweed in this category.
Devil’s trumpet (genus: Datura), as it’s sometimes called, is toxic to all livestock and humans, with most cases involving cattle. Because the plant is unpalatable, poisoning is uncommon.
“You don’t waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets, and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow.” ~Katherine Arden, Small Spaces
The Painted Forest in Valton has several activities planned during the Hill & Valley Exploration Tour this weekend. Admission will be free.
Ancestra will entertain at 1 and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25. This Madison-based a cappella trio is influenced by rock, blues, gospel and country styles.
Come autumn, woodbine, aka Virginia creeper, has a lot of development to complete. Its palmately compound leaves generally come apart and fall as leaflets before most other plants begin to show any hind to color. The fruits may follow, or hand on well into winter.
