Wicked Plants - Stewart, Amy
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A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In "Wicked Plants," Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations. It's an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You'll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother). Menacing…mehr

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A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In "Wicked Plants," Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations. It's an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You'll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother). Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.
Autorenporträt
Briony Morrow-Cribbs studied studied art at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, and currently lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she owns and operates Twin Vixen Press. Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She lives in Portland with her husband Scott Brown, a rare book dealer. When she isn't writing, she's making art, which you can see on Instagram, or teaching art and writing classes online.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung | Besprechung von 05.04.2011

Mit Schierling
in den Hades
Tollkirsche, Aronstab, Mutterkorn – das klingt attraktiv, aber auch zwielichtig. Die Tollkirsche ist hoch giftig, ebenso das Mutterkorn oder der Aronstab mit seinen süß schmeckenden roten Beeren am Fruchtstand. Doch schon nach fünf Minuten kann der Genuss dieser Beeren zu Übelkeit und Erbrechen führen.
Wer in Amy Stewarts Buch über „gemeine Gewächse“ anfängt zu lesen, der dürfte ziemlich bald nahezu jedes Vertrauen verlieren in die gern als sanft geschilderte Pflanzenwelt. Ob Mais oder Maniok, ob Kidney-Bohnen oder Platterbsen, in allen stecken Wirkstoffe, die reizen, Entzündungen, sogar Lähmungen auslösen können. Andere machen süchtig mit schweren Folgen. Das schaurig amüsante Buch führt durch die Giftgärten (und lehrt den Umgang mit ihnen), aber auch durch Literatur und Geschichte: Siehe den tödlichen Schierling, den Sokrates trinken musste. Harald Eggebrecht
Amy Stewart:
Gemeine
Gewächse.
A. d. Englischen v. Stephan Pauli. Berlin Verlag, 2011. 299 S.,
11,95 Euro.
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