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Conium maculatum, known as hemlock (British English), or poison hemlock (American English) is a highly poisonous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa. It is herbaceous without woody parts and has a biennial lifecycle.
Feb 27, 2018 · Hemlock is a poisonous plant that can kill you. There is no cure. Learn how to prevent hemlock poisoning, including identifying it by its white flowers and purple spots.
What is hemlock and how do you identify it? Find out with BBC Countryfile Magazine's guide to this highly poisonous member of the umbellifer family.
Jul 28, 2022 · Poison hemlock grows throughout the U.S. It has several different common names, including deadly hemlock. Animals and humans can be poisoned, and ingestion can be fatal. Many plants are toxic...
A true hemlock is a tall pyramidal tree with purplish or reddish brown bark, slender horizontal or drooping branches, and short blunt leaves that grow from woody cushionlike structures on the twigs. The small cones hang from the branch tips and retain their scales when they fall. Each scale bears two winged seeds.
C. maculatum, also known as hemlock, is infamous for being highly poisonous. Hemlock is native to temperate regions of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. The species C. chaerophylloides, C. fontanum, and C. sphaerocarpum are all native to southern Africa.
5 days ago · Poison hemlock not only takes over roadsides, ditches, pastured, and meadows, it can also find its way into your yard. As a member of the carrot family ( Apiaceae ), poison hemlock has several look-alikes. Learn how to identify this noxious and toxic weed and get rid of it safely.
Hemlock is a larval food-plant for several moth species, and a host to a hidden world of specific fungi species. These have all evolved alongside it to be able to tolerate the toxins. Common names include Mother dies, Kexies and Woomlicks.
A notoriously poisonous plant, hemlock produces umbrella-like clusters of white flowers in summer. It can be found in damp places, such as ditches, riverbanks and waste ground.
Drawing from a century of long-term studies at the Harvard Forest, the authors explore what hemlock's modern decline can tell us about the challenges facing nature and society in an era of habitat fragmentation, climate change, and shifting human priorities.
