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Wicked plants : (Record no. 10711)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2009006192
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781565126831
International Standard Book Number 1565126831
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System control number (OCoLC)244420791
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QK100.A1
Item number S74 2009
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 581.6/5
Edition number 22
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Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) QK100.A1
Local cutter number (OCLC) ; Book number/undivided call number, CALL (RLIN) S74 2009
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System control number 9781565126831
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library PH1A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Stewart, Amy.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Wicked plants :
Remainder of title the weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Amy Stewart ; etchings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs ; illustrations by Jonathon Rosen.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Chapel Hill, N.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 235, [1] p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 19 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-[236]).
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Aconite -- Arrow poisons -- Ayahuasca vine and chacruna -- Betel nut -- Castor bean -- Ordeal poisons -- Coca -- Coyotillo -- Deadly nightshade -- Death camas -- Deadly dinner -- Ergot -- Fatal fungus -- Habanero chili -- Henbane -- The Devil's bartender -- Iboga -- Jimson weed -- Botanical crime families -- Khat -- Killer algae -- Ragweed -- Kudzu -- Lawn of death -- Mala mujer -- Here comes the sun -- Manchineel tree -- Don't look now -- Mandrake -- Marijuana -- Oleander -- Forbidden garden -- Opium poppy -- Dreadful bouquet -- Peacock flower -- Peyote cactus -- Psychedelic plants -- Poison hemlock -- Purple loosestrife -- Weeds of mass destruction -- Ratbane -- Rosary pea -- The terrible toxicodendrons -- Sago palm -- More than one way to skin a cat -- Stinging tree -- Meet the nettles -- Strychnine tree -- Suicide tree -- Carnivores -- Tobacco -- Toxic blue-green algae -- Duck and cover -- Water hemlock -- Water hyacinth -- Social misfits -- Whistling thorn acacia -- White snakeroot -- Yew -- Poison gardens.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Stewart takes on more than 200 of Mother Nature's most appalling creations and offers this A-to-Z compendium of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Poisonous plants.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Dangerous plants.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Morrow-Cribbs, Briony.
Personal name Rosen, Jonathon.
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        Main Collection Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 08/14/2023 1 QK100.A1 S74 2009 3182700013697 02/14/2024 02/14/2024 08/14/2023 Circulating Books

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