Definition of sheep laurel. Meaning of sheep laurel. Synonyms of sheep laurel

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Definition of sheep laurel

sheep laurel
Lambkill Lamb"kill`, n. (Bot.) A small American ericaceous shrub (Kalmia angustifolia); -- called also calfkill, sheepkill, sheep laurel, etc. It is supposed to poison sheep and other animals that eat it at times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food.

Meaning of sheep laurel from wikipedia

- angustifolia is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south...
- Corynocarpus laevigatus Coprosma repens Pig laurel, Kalmia angustifolia Portugal laurel, Prunus lusitanica Sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia Spineless butcher's-broom...
- Kalmia angustifolia L. - Sheep-laurel, lambkill Kalmia angustifolia subsp. carolina (Small) A.Haines - Carolina mountain-laurel Kalmia buxifolia (P.J. Bergius)...
- but not rhododendrons. Honeys produced from mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) and sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) also contain grayanotoxins and are...
- acid, infertile and flooded habitats: examples include Labrador tea, sheep-laurel and blueberry. Since nutrient levels are so low, overall, the productivity...
- paralysis. Honey obtained from spoonwood and allied species such as sheep-laurel can also cause illness. The honey from Lestrimelitta limao also produces...
- mariana), dangleberry (****lussacia frondosa), mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), and sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) also occur. Bracken fern (Pteridium...
- winter. They are among the few vertebrates capable of eating the bark of sheep laurel, and may play an important ecological role in recycling nutrients from...
- (Vaccinium corymbosum), hillside blueberry (V. pallidum), Lyonia spp., sheep-laurel (Kalmia angustifolia), wintergreen (Gaultheria pro****bens), dwarf huckleberry...
- golden heather, mountain holly, black huckleberry, creeping juniper, sheep laurel, red raspberry, Virginia rose, mountain sandwort, bristly sarsaparilla...