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DANGEROUS WEEDS

As if there weren’t enough grudges to hold against weeds, let me introduce you to four of the nastiest weeds of North America. They don’t just disrupt your garden—they can cause you bodily harm or even death through ingestion or through contact. If you live near fields, meadows, waterways or woodlands, these plants might be growing unnoticed on your property. Even if you don’t, they inhabit other flower-filled spaces you visit: public parks, hiking areas, ponds, lakes, rivers and meadows of wildflowers.

And they aren’t easy to eliminate. Removing

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