Mennoniteman
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On Saturday I was hiking the Thousand steps https://pabucketlist.com/hiking-the-1000-steps-in-huntingdon-county/ and noticed that the Mountain Laurel was just going into bloom. I was always told that mountain laurel was great for deer cover and a survival food for deer. Interestingly, wikipedia states that it's poisonous to deer?
"Kalmia latifolia, or, mountain laurel, aka calico-bush and spoonwood, is a species of flowering plant that is native to the eastern United States and is the state flower of Pennsylvania. Mountain laurel is poisonous to several animals, including horses, goats, cattle, deer, monkeys, and humans, due to grayanotoxin and arbutin."

"Kalmia latifolia, or, mountain laurel, aka calico-bush and spoonwood, is a species of flowering plant that is native to the eastern United States and is the state flower of Pennsylvania. Mountain laurel is poisonous to several animals, including horses, goats, cattle, deer, monkeys, and humans, due to grayanotoxin and arbutin."
