Introduction to Poisonous Plants of the Eastern Woodlands

[radioactiveroach]

I was wondering is the bloodroot any good for poison ivy rashes?

[tommytoys105]

Dave Im now wondering after watching this video ,can we use some of these toxic plants to put on darts , that would take down an animal , some tribes use different plants, mix certain plants together. Are there any common plants in the US that you know of that can be used on a dart.

[rodneydever1]

Thanks, for a most enjoyable video however mayapple is in the barberry family (Berberidaceae), not the mandrake family (Solanaceae).

[adamaru101]

whats the song at the beginning?

[b0ondockz]

Is this the dude from dual survival?

[ruffyatutube]

Quite impressed. Will be back to learn more from this professional. Grateful for his time and knowledge.

[mogges1]

There needs to be more info on the poisonous plants.from what i have read there are more bad plant than there a good one>I have seen a lot of bad videos edible plant.and kid are adults going out and not really know what there eating.

[TimWalkingBear]

Nice video. Thank you for sharing. However, I do not agree with you about poison mushrooms. There are way more safe ones then poison ones. Also, the mushroom clan have 3 times as many types as there are in the plant world. The medicine and food value of the mushrooms is very vast. And should not be dismissed out of fear.

[DarrenHolman]

Great video Dave, Keep up the good work.

[scrolls223]

i love when im gone

[SinghofKings]

CONTINUED: Never eat one that you cannot identify with 100% positivity. And always cook them before eating them especially of you have never eaten that variety before.

One last note is that you can be allergic to mushrooms just like you can be allergic to any other plant so when you try a new one eat a small quantity the first time you eat it. This is another thing that is also true with plants as well.

[SinghofKings]

CONTINUED: They contain almost the same amount of protein per pound as meat and should not be overlooked as a source of food when surviving. nourishment when surviving. You just need to know what you are eating just like you have to with many plants which have look alike just like mushrooms. Find someone to teach you how to identify mushrooms correctly. Never rely on just your identification with a mushroom you have never identified before.

[SinghofKings]

CONTINUED: I personally recommend that people stay away from the AMANITA family of mushrooms.which contain 2 of the few mushrooms that can actually kill you dead. They both look almost identical to 2 mushrooms in the same family that are considered the most desired mushrooms in the world. These mushrooms are the ones that cause 99% of all the misidentification accidental deaths.

Mushrooms are an awesome source of protein.

[SinghofKings]

You are totally wrong about mushrooms. I am a mushroom picker myself. First of all no one dies the next day from a mushroom. Most of the time it takes minimum of three days for you to die and up to several weeks. Most people who have picked mushrooms for years and years and then dies form them has gotten careless pure and simple. Just like wild plants if you take the time to ID accurately and carefully you can't go wrong.

[TAMYCRON]

No Hogweed?

[brainiac554]

i do not recommend using bloodroot on the skin due to the fact it will destroy your skin.

[peachey2021]

when i was a kid we used to go and collect blood root and sell it, but i never knew that it was poisonous. lol i guess its a good thing that i never tried to eat it!

[MrKevMan]

You know whats funny, there are people on tv claiming that cannabis is poisonous. What do you have to say about that? I actually did a presentation at a pro cannabis meeting spotlighting poisonous plants that people landscape their yards with.

I will be recommending your videos as research for truely poisonous plants that actually do cause damage. Thanks again for your information.

[goldgeter123]

Great video and advice!!! Thanks Dave...

[intermedia1000]

Thank you so much Dave for your sharing poinson plants information and great appreciated for your did!

[lepricon211]

really agree with you about the mushrooms i think the only wld mushroom ive ever ate was the morrel mushroom in tennessee otherwise i never mess with any other mushrooms.

[Reallybigmonkey1]

@lepricon211 I personally know a teenager that died from eating wild mushrooms. You hear the stories and warnings but sometimes it hits home.

[hornetpalooza]

Really good video!

[KYMAMI]

thank you,make more please

[bigsammieking]

didn't cover deadly nightshed, black death berries !!!!

Weird how poison hemlock is a neuro toxin. Wiki says this is what Socrates was put to death with

[chardnj]

Very Educational Sir..Thank you So Much...God Bless you...

[siomaslt]

that flower thingy wtf? i have those flowers atm in my room. y sis got them in the woods bwahahha what the hell .. when she saw the vid like 3 mins ago shew threw them away bwahaha omg. i think i have seen the ivy.. also as the bloody root thingy.. O_O

[HopliteAlex]

I live near the woods and so I have wild mushrooms in my backyard and my dog brought home a stick that had them all on it luckily his mouth was not near any of the mushrooms

[chocoloco987]

i make poison paste with poisonous plants

[mikeoutdoorsman]

It takes years of training and even learning from an experienced person. But there are many mushrooms that are safe that have no poisonous look alikes that you can safely learn to identify and enjoy eating, instead of missing out on a world of flavor.

The ones that say don't eat any mushroom are the ones that usually never took the time to learn what ones have no poisonous look alikes or learned what ones do and the differences.

The world of plants requires the same knowledge.

[iSurvivalSkills]

Excellent Thank You!

[NordboDK]

I believe the purple plant is also called wolfsbane.

[asf4321]

yea .. its true

[Lsdgotaholdofme]

Your advise on mushrooms is very wise indeed

[lucysirois]

thank you for this vid, i have a rash from doing yard work here in my yard and am trying to figure our what from....the doc didn't know except he did say it wasn't casued by poison ivy?? do you have any vids that address different rashes caused by different plants??

[Teppi9076]

Very helpful! Thank you so much.

[arrowmaker789]

is there a straw berry looking poisenous plant? it look like wooland straw berry but the leaves r diffrent

[darkblue12387]

You live a dream life that only a few people can fully understand. Love your videos, I learn a lot from them.

[RuniToconillo]

very informative, thanks. runi

[Koryuguy]

A former colleague of mine recommended schnaps made with blood root... Wonder what I ever did to him *shudder*

[OlivarezEmpire]

thanks man, great vid.

i have some poison ivy growing on my property, does anyone know how to get rid of it?

[phillebeau]

does topicaly applied blood root can cause necrosis of your tissues if u have small cuts?

[rrtt2er]

i spedn alot of my time in the woods that really helped

[tcbink]

Thanks Dave. I was stopping and checking my Peterson field guide as the video progressed. Nice to see things in color and close up. I also noticed that my guide was printed in 1977 and falling apart from use. Time to update. Thanks again.

[tcbink]

I heard once that blood root ground up in water and put on your skin is an excellent mosquito repellent also. Do you know anything about this?

[master029keihn]

thanks for the information . . . . hope ul do more documentary like this . . .

[ThatOneGuy8904]

thanks!

[chilbert007]

Thank you for showing this. 5 stars.

[unicron24]

great, informitive videos,,,thanks

[waypasthadenough]

What about sponge morels? They look nothing like most mushrooms. But they can be hard to find.

[AuronWarrior]

False morels can be consfuse with Sponge Morels.

[llshamelessll]

thanx dave good job

[stargateproductions]

Great Video Guys!

[angelica319]

i feel like mixing all of their juices and sneaking it into my teacher's bubble-tea. :P

[hmmg351]

i think its very inportant for people to know this things!specialy if you have children!!!thank you for this video!

[Caveman0713]

Im still new a plant lore but if I'm not mistaken last year I picked a leaf off of the " bloodroot" and just chewed it to get the a nasty taste of pine tree grub out of my mouth. I threw up later that day but all and all I felt better for it. I may be wrong but whatever I picked made the taste of grub go away. it tasted kinda bitter as well but better by comparison

[niceguido]

Thank you so much for this great video. Information from people who care is important to our generation. I have two kids, and I appreciate the video.

[znijuroku]

thanks a lot man!! this video may save my life someday.

[c2c2p1]

there was a famous botinist expert that got his hemlocks mixed up and droped dead(srry no spell check atm lol)

[SurvivalDude93]

hey for that bloodroot plant, i was wondering could you put the blood on spear/arrow tips , and wouldnt that make them even more deadly?

[EatTheWeeds]

I think you are absolutely right regarding wild mushrooms. I teach my students to never eat a wild mushroom. Some 96% of mushrooms will make you sick or kill you. Compare that to lichen, of which only two out of 20,000 species are toxic (of course lichen have to be prepared correctly.) I get a lot of grief from mushroom fanatics for telling my students not to eat wild mushrooms but I think that is the only responsible approach to take. There is little food value in mushrooms and a lot of risk.

[nathan3aton]

Wow this is awsome man keep it up im subscribing

[thevinerhyme]

Good work and great video. Although Mayapple berry ripe is edible and the resin from the plant is superb topically for warts and venereal warts as well due to it's poison, Podophyllotoxin which also has anticancer and antimalarial powers and is powerfully purgative. Blood root is also good for topical treatment of skin cancer! This for the layman is most definately a superb video! keep them coming!

[eurekaman3000]

ive eaten the may pops or may apples before because i know my grandfather does it all the time i wont eat them any more thank u for telling me that they somtimes can be poisonous.

[Nursekrb]

very educational..... thanks.

[ArmyRanger10]

What about the tree hemlock? Is that poisonous as well?

[wildernessoutfitters]

If you are refering to the Hemlock Pine, of the confer family no it is not.

[brainiac554]

@wildernessoutfitters hemlock is what killed socrates

[georgeferraye]

thank you very much for enlighting us with information about what to avoid..

[burzum6man]

wow, thanks a lot, for showing us poison plants, though I'm sure there are more poisonous plants out there and wonder if you will do more videos on them as well.

[lusl1094]

Thanks for showing the blood root. I see them in the woods along with the may apple but was not sure what they are. I am gonna try to dig some up to see for myself.

[RobRoy08]

Thanks Dave! Gina really liked this one.

[wildernessoutfitters]

You of all people can attest to the Poison Ivy being something to stay far clear of eh'

[taliesin369]

I don't think I have ever seen anything in the New England woods that could be mistaken for chicken of the woods. Do you know of any fungi that can be?

[Rivieratime]

HI DAVE another great 5-star video. I really enjoyed this one and it is one of your best. VERY WELL DONE. I look forward to the next editions.

Your theory on learning this stuff is like many guys' theory on dating-- you learn the things that can really, really hurt you, then you settle down with all the good stuff Ha ha ha.

Bloodroot in tooth paste??? WOW, that was interesting. Hmmm, I may be going back to baking soda and sea salt, at least I know they are safe.

[wildernessoutfitters]

I dont think it is in all brands but Petersons mentions it in Medicinal Plants.

[Rivieratime]

Good one TELESNIPER. A very dangerous plant in the nightshade family that some people seem to think is for recreational use. Anybody that has ever watched old spy movies or military documentaies may have heard about the villains in this plant-- atropine and scopalamine, but there is also hyoscyamine, which some people take as a prescription medicine in low dosage.

[widgeonslayer]

Great video, I look forward to the next.

[on3hitt3rquit3r]

cant u still get poison ivy after the plant has been dead for a couple of years

[Rivieratime]

I believe that you can. The oily or waxy substance that the plant produces seems to hang around.I know of a case where a man had cut the hairy stems of the plant and pulled the roots end, but did not pull the vines out of the bush/trees until years later. When he did his arms erupted in blisters and sores.

I heard of a case where old vines had been piled with other brush and burned. Some smoke was inhaled and it caused severe pain and respratory problems.May be "suburban" legend though? ha ha

[Knapping4Fun]

Love your work. You always make great videos. Thanks!

[tkrebuilder]

The kids and myself really enjoy your videos, we have learned alot.

What would be a good feild guide we could carry with us on edible and poisonous plants with good visual aids?

Look forward to your next video.

[wildernessoutfitters]

Petersons Field Guide to Poisonous Plants and Venomous Animals is very good.

[bushmaster88]

I love your videos they have helped me so much along the way and i like how you keep working, this is like your 3rd video today.

[charper3006]

GREAT video as always Dave. I learn sooooo much from your videos. I am now learning the wild edibles and such and these videos help alot. Keep it up.

Also, I would like one of your Pathfinder T-shirts, are you going to sell those on your site?

[wildernessoutfitters]

On my Site now buddy-

[cabushcrafter]

there are not any mushrooms that can kill you in a day even the death cap need a couple of days. And poison ivy is not poison to every body.

[ekaj8]

it doesn't matter how long it takes for you to die if you still die

[Rivieratime]

Good thought EKAJ8, I like that old line--"dead, is forever". I was never allergic to insect stings and had been stung dozens of times, until a yellow jacket sting put me into anaphylactic shock. My ear and face ballooned, my blood pressure dropped to 50/20 and I was within minutes of expiring. Things likw tend to make you more cautious.

[wildernessoutfitters]

Yes Sir usually said to take 24-48 hours but death is death old bud, As far as the Poison Ivy I can speak from personal experience that I never had it in my life until 2 years ago and now I get all the time the more exposure you have over time the more likley you are to catch it. Thanks for the words of wisdom. I appreciate your support.

[cabushcrafter]

well It like being allergic to like peanuts you have to be exposed to it first and still then not everyone will react to it

[Rivieratime]

I LOVE mushrooms. Caution is a good thing though. One of my best friends grew up on a Canadian farm. He's camped all over the world for almost 60 years and has practiced living off the land. He's even sold chanterelle's he has found. Whenever I went to his home though, I always asked if he found or bought the mushrooms in his soups, gravy, or veg's. You might NOT die, but severe kidney or liver failure etc from eating the wrong kind is no fun either and might make you wish you had died.

[Rivieratime]

Hi again CABUSHCRAFTER- my reply to your mushroom comment came though as my new comment but It was mostly for you. On the poison ivy issue. I have also heard that some people are "Immune" to poisoning (I've heard anywhere from 1-in-4 to 1-in-8 are). BUT I have also heard that contact with the plant can sensitize you to it and set you up for a MAJOR case of contact dermatitis. Everyone can get the poisoning. Many people have touched it their whole lives with no rash- until the day they got one.

[ekaj8]

I have heard the same