What is this plant? Is it poisonous??? **PIC**

[elevan]

My DH cleared it out yesterday!!! He knows how to make me happy!!!!

Way to go DH!!

but...it'll come back...

 

[treeclimber233]

I ate poke a lot when I was younger. My neighbor told me he knew "old folks" that used polk berries for arthritis. Polkberries are good to use as wormer for chickens. My chickens love pokeberries. I don't know why it is listed as a poisonous plant and everyone is scared to have it around. Tomato plants are poisonous too but every garden I see has a bunch of them planted. Milkweed is also poisonous and is very abundunt. Most poisonous plants are bitter tasting and animals will avoid eating it. My GP puppy thought it was the greatest thing in the world to play with and really tore my plants up in his field. Never fear it will be back next year because if you do not remove the root it will come back bigger and better next year.

 

[elevan]

The stem of tomato plants is what is poisonous...eaten in quantity but it is so nasty tasty who would eat a lot of it?
Milkweed too is poisonous when eaten in quantity...small amounts aren't that harmful.

The biggest thing to remember with poisonous plants like any plant is that INDIVIDUAL people or animals can have very different reactions. It is always best to be cautious.