Carolina Allspice along Otter Creek
Don’t be deceived by the light sweet fragrance and attractive “flowers”of this bush that grows along streams here in the valley. It is a close relative to the plant that produces strychnine, and can be very poisonous if eaten. I found these growing all along Otter Creek this week.
A watercolor by Mark Catesby from 1731, 100 years before Audubon…
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