This is less "advice" and more "hoping someone knows a bit more than me because Googling descriptions is hard and time-consuming".
I'm cutting away a bunch of undergrowth on the hillside behind our house (making room for a garden, getting more sun on the pool, getting the back deck to feel less cramped...), and the easiest way to deal with what I cut down seems to be a burn pile. Thing is, some of these plants I can't identify, and I'm wary of burning them without knowing that, because I'm well aware that some plants can produce toxic smoke.
There are some hanging vines and oak branches that I know are safe, but these two are the ones I'm concerned about:
*MOD NOTE - Oversized images resized as a courtesy to others. Click on images to enlarge
![](http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/kaberinnaul/IMG_20160609_162137697.jpg)
![](http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/kaberinnaul/IMG_20160609_162247010.jpg)
And I'm pretty sure these are safe, but just on the grounds that they're by far the most common thing I'm cutting down, I kinda want to know what, exactly, they are:
![](http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/kaberinnaul/IMG_20160609_162305214.jpg)
Any help is appreciated.
I'm cutting away a bunch of undergrowth on the hillside behind our house (making room for a garden, getting more sun on the pool, getting the back deck to feel less cramped...), and the easiest way to deal with what I cut down seems to be a burn pile. Thing is, some of these plants I can't identify, and I'm wary of burning them without knowing that, because I'm well aware that some plants can produce toxic smoke.
There are some hanging vines and oak branches that I know are safe, but these two are the ones I'm concerned about:
*MOD NOTE - Oversized images resized as a courtesy to others. Click on images to enlarge
![](http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/kaberinnaul/IMG_20160609_162137697.jpg)
![](http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/kaberinnaul/IMG_20160609_162247010.jpg)
And I'm pretty sure these are safe, but just on the grounds that they're by far the most common thing I'm cutting down, I kinda want to know what, exactly, they are:
![](http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/kaberinnaul/IMG_20160609_162305214.jpg)
Any help is appreciated.
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