Another Plant to Avoid

If you get into geology, even as an amateur, you also need to learn about the outdoors. The wonderful mountains of Southern California are prone to landslide, fire and flash flooding, but they also harbor a dangerous plant with the innocuous name of poodle-dog bush. Learn more about Turricula parryi in the Hazardous Plants Gallery. Fortunately its range doesn't overlap that of the teddy-bear cactus. Thanks for this to my online friend Jon Carroll, whose daily column is sometimes useful as well as always entertaining.