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Stinging Nettle
Although stinging nettle is used to treat painful muscles, and joints, touching this plant could cause itching and burning to the skin or can cause irritation to the skin. Stinging nettle can also cause low blood pressure, higher or lower blood sugar levels, and digestive discomfort. The fine hairs on the leaves and stems contain irritating chemicals, that are released when the plant comes in contact with the skin.The spines on the plant are very painful to touch.

Buttercup (Meadow/Tall)
Pain is known as excruciating and burning of the mucous membranes. Pain can cause blisters on sensitive skin. Fresh buttercups blister the mouths of grazing animals, and can cause salivation, pains, diarrhea, slow heartbeat, muscle spasms, blindness, and rarely: death. Buttercups also have a narcotic effect on cattle and give a bitter taste to their milk. Human poisoning from buttercups is very rare. In the past, the juice from buttercups were used as medicine, but caused blisters, and plague sores.

Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Many parts of the red elderberry are poisonous when eaten. A common symptom after eating a red elderberry, is abdominal aching. It is said that when cooked - it is safe to eat.

Trees Located in Hawthorne Park
Popular trees that live in Hawthorne Park are: Crabapple, Dogwood, Walnut, Cherry blossom, Scarlet Oak

The nature-trail walk through the forests of Hawthorne Park is around 2.6km long. Allow less than 1 hour for the walk. The forest consists mostly of Paper Birch, Red Alder, and Black Cottonwood trees. The trunks of the deciduous trees show differences in colour and texture of the bark. For example, the Paper Birch (also called White Birch), has thin bark that is white to reddish-brown color, peels easily, and is used by native people for baskets and containers. The bark of Red Alder is usually smooth and light grey with white blotches which are actually lichens. The bark of Black Cottonwood is green and smooth when the tree is young. As the tree gets older, it becomes grey and furrowed.

There are 5 common trees know to be around Hawthorne Park, such as:

Paper Birch
The Paper Birch tree is typically small to medium sized, as well it is a deciduous tree, and can grow up to 30 meters tall. The bark peels in paper-like strips, and the colors are known to be white to copper-brown, and the bark is generally smooth, and evident with brown lines going horizontally of raised pores.

Western Hemlock
A common-looking Western Hemlock consists of a height usually around 60 meters with a narrow crown. The Western Hemlock is not a deciduous tree, and that is why the branches swoop downwards. It is because if it snows around the winter time, it will be easy for the snow to fall off itself. The bark is scaly, rough, and reddish-brown in color. The needles can be identified by their short, flat, blunt and inadequate sized length.