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Joseph S. Karas

Best known for co-authoring a practical guide to dangerous regional flora, this writer helped make New England’s poisonous plants easier for everyday readers to recognize and understand.

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Common poisonous plants of New England

Common poisonous plants of New England

by Joseph S. Karas, Jr. (Heber Wilkinson) Heber W. Youngken

About the author

Joseph S. Karas is credited as the co-author of Common Poisonous Plants of New England, a reference work also available through Project Gutenberg. The book focuses on identifying toxic plants found in the region and was written with Heber W. Youngken Jr.

Very little biographical information about Karas appears to be widely documented online. Based on the limited sources available, he is most clearly remembered through this specialized contribution to nature and plant-safety writing rather than through a large published bibliography.