The author provides a pretty extensive list of plants that are bad players. The descriptions are interesting and the illustrations are well done. I enjoyed reading the book and learned about many plants that I did not know much about. The information would be helpful to avoid injury or death. It is interesting that the plants have developed the methods for protection and other benefits. ( )

Very interesting -- makes me amazed that humans have found any edible plants at all! The book certainly makes one think that majority of plants are poisonous. I wish there was a full colour version with official botanical pics of the plants for id purposes. Most of the "stories" are simple anecdotes, so the book is a little more like "light reference" -- it doesn't even go in depth on many of the plants. Just a tasting of the defenses out there.

I couldn't put it down and it became too much of a good thing. The author covers poisonous plants, plants that cause irritation, but also -plants people are commonly allergic to-. And importantly, alerts for plants that household pets will be injured or worse by! In the ebook, the epilogue provides links to active sites where plant information can be put into a database, and a list of Poison Gardens in the USA and elsewhere. I was so glad to read this. ( )

I hated the way this was organized. ( )

I quite enjoyed this one. The botanical and nomenclatural information is almost entirely accurate as far as I could tell, and the illustrations are delightful. I enjoyed mapping out the various plants to find where they grow in San Diego County, and daydreaming about...never mind. ( )