M.D. Vaden
vadenphotography.com
I have a question about TRUE alder: "Alnus"
Does anybody, have any book or resource that mentions any toxicity? Especially in the essence of "super laxative" ??
A lady emailed me about my safe / toxic woods for pet birds page, mentioning that her Avian Vet said it's toxic and contains:
Cascara sagrada
Every online source I found, states that ONLY Cascara buckthorn has that substance, and that basically, cascara sagrada = Cascara Buckthorn.
Cascara buckthorn has a COMMON NAME of "Buckthorn Alder".
To the best of my study, this looks like a common name misunderstanding.
If true alder has another toxin or laxative, it can't be cascara sagrada, but I wondered if there might be another toxin.
My Bird Page is:
http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_page.shtml
I added a paragraph on Alder and Cascara on the lower 1/3 of the page. It stands-out, because I colored quite a bit of text.
There is a strong correlation between Cascara and our word "$hit" which is included in the paragraphs - a small language lesson too.
Anyway, if anybody has any native plants or poisonous plant books, let me know if ALDER / ALNUS is mentioned. I've always been under the impression that it's a safe tree.
Thanks.
Does anybody, have any book or resource that mentions any toxicity? Especially in the essence of "super laxative" ??
A lady emailed me about my safe / toxic woods for pet birds page, mentioning that her Avian Vet said it's toxic and contains:
Cascara sagrada
Every online source I found, states that ONLY Cascara buckthorn has that substance, and that basically, cascara sagrada = Cascara Buckthorn.
Cascara buckthorn has a COMMON NAME of "Buckthorn Alder".
To the best of my study, this looks like a common name misunderstanding.
If true alder has another toxin or laxative, it can't be cascara sagrada, but I wondered if there might be another toxin.
My Bird Page is:
http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_page.shtml
I added a paragraph on Alder and Cascara on the lower 1/3 of the page. It stands-out, because I colored quite a bit of text.
There is a strong correlation between Cascara and our word "$hit" which is included in the paragraphs - a small language lesson too.
Anyway, if anybody has any native plants or poisonous plant books, let me know if ALDER / ALNUS is mentioned. I've always been under the impression that it's a safe tree.
Thanks.