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white snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

White snakeroot is a tall plant with fluffy white flowers that bloom in late summer. It grows in many places, like forests and fields, and is important for bees and butterflies.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The white snakeroot has clusters of fuzzy white flowers that appear in late summer and fall, giving it a cloud-like appearance. Its leaves are broad, oval, and sharply toothed, growing on slender, often reddish-purple stems. It can be visually differentiated by its distinctive fluffy white blooms in shaded woodlands.

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white snakeroot

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

3/5 · Mittel

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Interessante Fakten

Cows can get 'trembles' from eating it, then pass the poison to their milk!

Even when dried, this plant stays toxic and can harm animals!

Humans can get 'milk sickness' just from drinking milk from affected cows!

Its poison once killed Abraham Lincoln's mother!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Toxin Shield

White snakeroot can produce a potent chemical, tremetol, that helps it defend against hungry herbivores.

Fähigkeit

Late Bloomer Advantage

White snakeroot has flowers that bloom in late summer and fall, helping it attract pollinators when other plants are scarce.

Fähigkeit

Shade Dweller

This plant can thrive in shady forest understories, giving it an advantage over sun-loving competing plants.

Maße und Details

Höhe
50-150 cm
Ausbreitung
30-60 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Late summer to fall
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Deadly
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Bees visit its late-season flowers.

pollinates

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Monarchs drink nectar from its blooms.

eaten by

Cattle

Bos taurus

Cattle can unknowingly consume its leaves.

eaten by

Horse

Equus caballus

Horses may graze on the toxic plant.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

3/5 · Mittel

Do not touch or eat any wild plants without asking an adult first.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von white snakeroot?

50-150 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von white snakeroot?

30-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von white snakeroot?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von white snakeroot?

Late summer to fall

Was ist der/die/das essbar von white snakeroot?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von white snakeroot?

Deadly

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von white snakeroot?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von white snakeroot?

Insekten

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