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Hazardous Plants

As geocachers, we are engaged in a truly unique sport.  Many things make this sport unique, but one in particular that stands out is that its venues—where it’s played—are always changing.  Football, of course, is played on a football field; hockey is played on ice; tennis is played on a court.  These are immutable aspects of those—and most other—sports.  Part of the great appeal of our sport is that where it is played is forever changing.  As cachers know all too well, many times they will not even know where they will be playing their game until they actually arrive at a cache site.  Pity the poor swimmer who knows full well what the bottom of every swimming pool looks like!

While the element of surprise can be a pleasant adjunct to the geo-experience, sometimes arrival at a site can expose us to hazards we have not suspected would be there, much less prepared for.  These hazards, of course, can come in all shapes and forms.

The hazards that this series of articles will explore are plant hazards, things like poison ivy and stinging nettle.  Since a goodly number of cachers live and pursue the sport in an urban environment, these people may not have the slightest idea what poisonous plants may await them as they make their way toward a cache hidden deep in a forest.  In all candor, many cachers who are well-acquainted with the great outdoors may themselves be unaware of the distinguishing characteristics of certain native hazardous plants.

This series of articles will attempt to divulge basic information that will enable cachers to identify various hazardous plants and to distinguish them from harmless look-alikes.  The series will also describe the toxic or allergenic agents of a number of plants and will outline the favored remedies for treating exposure to them.

Appropriately, this series will begin with our old friend…, poison ivy.

 

 

 

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