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<\/a>\u201cQuite a few plants in our gardens and natural areas have the potential to make us sick. But a handful of common, widespread plants in Florida can cause severe symptoms at a relatively low dose. These are key species to know. If you have pets or small children, consider removing these plants from your garden or at least limiting access to them,\u201d advises Florida Museum\u2019s<\/a> Science department.<\/p>\n Some of the common deadly species to know are listed below.<\/p>\n \u201cIt might be a good idea to keep a listing of common Florida poisonous plants handy on your phone or in your home just in case,\u201d says Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s largest independent homeowners insurance <\/a>agency.<\/p>\n In the event of a possible plant poisoning<\/strong>, call your physician, veterinarian or Florida Poison Control<\/a> (1-800-222-1222). Be prepared to tell them which plant inhaled or which part of the plant was eaten, how much was consumed and whether there are any immediate symptoms. It\u2019s always a good idea to take a physical sample or photos of the plant to the emergency room along with the patient, especially if you are uncertain what type of plant it is.<\/p>\n GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> has a variety in homeowners insurance<\/a> options available to you, contact us today.<\/p>\n Did you know there are a host of plants potentially growing in your yard that are harmful to your family and pet? The plants range from mildly toxic to fatal. \u201cMost people are familiar with poison oak and poison ivy, but other dangerous plants should be avoided,\u201d says Dustyn Shroff, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":10917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1476,1,13,8,89,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-homeowners-insurance","8":"category-condo-insurance","9":"category-floridainsurance","10":"category-healthcare-insurance","11":"category-renters-insurance","12":"category-travel-insurance","13":"category-umbrella-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10909"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13603,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909\/revisions\/13603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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