Please note: poison hemlock can resemble several other plants, too many to list in a single video. This video was never intended to feature side-by-side comparisons with look-alikes. Instead, all 7 minutes were intentionally created to introduce you to a species with an incredibly poor reputation. Oftentimes, learning your land involves learning one species at a time… especially those right in front of you. No look-alike species were growing nearby the day I filmed this. To be fair to poison hemlock, and to be fair to the circumstances that were presented to me, only poison hemlock was the star of the video. I'm extremely glad it worked out that way. For an extremely in-depth comparison between poison hemlock and wild carrot, purchase Sam Thayer’s “Nature’s Garden” and you will not be disappointed.

@esben181

2 жыл бұрын

But I already own this book!

@keithdecesare653

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@raphaelahons3479

2 жыл бұрын

Im in central Europe and i haven't noticed this plant before, but i am grateful for the character description, not that i usualy chew on unknown plants 😄 cheers and thankyou!

@Environmenthrall

2 жыл бұрын

Here, on California's central coast, it displaces natives (especially in riparian habitats). While we should definitely seek to better understand it, I believe we should also seek to restore the habitat(s) in which it grows.

@wolfenstein6676

2 жыл бұрын

A very good video, however, for me, the worst plant of all, in Britain, has to be the giant hogweed, you can't even touch that damn thing. It's like the British version of the triffid :) . Here's a link to some information on it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ln6Gssh7h7uop9o.html

As a kid I used to dig up the roots of a plant just to smell it because it smelled like carrots. Watching this video got so nervous for a minute, thinking I narrowly escaped death until diving into a little research. Turns out the plant I was around is wild carrot, or Queen Anne's Lace. Totally edible! I wouldn't go around eating wild plants though unless you're 1000% sure what it is.

@ppetal1

Жыл бұрын

A little chew on the leaf does no harm. It's the old way of doing science.

@notozknows

Жыл бұрын

Now, I'm confused, as a child, was I playing with poison or a carrot? They look the same.

@JWZelch

Жыл бұрын

@@notozknows Queen Anne’s Lace doesn’t grow as tall as poison hemlock, and it has a much smaller, rounded stem that is fuzzy. It’s flowers appear as one contiguous circle, rather than broken up like the hemlocks flowers. I don’t know about the hemlock, but Queen Anne’s Lace also has a distinct smell when you’re close to it or have disturbed it.

@notozknows

Жыл бұрын

@@JWZelch OK, queen annes lace is what I played with, obviously, lol. I just saw 1 of these 3 days ago. Thanxs for great info!

@dannyho6786

Жыл бұрын

YOU COULD HAVE DIED HANNAH !!!!

While working in my garden in Western Washington state (in the Puget Trench) I came across an aromatic plant whose roots smelled strongly like carrots and even had a bit of a hairy fibrous carrot-like root - so… while I was working I ate some of those roots. Tasted good. Of course… I got sick. Very sick for about ten days. At first I thought it was food poisoning… then maybe it’s a flu… I never figured out ‘what’ was the cause of my fever, delirium, and terrible aches. I got better after missing a week of work. And pretty much forgot about it until several years later when I was flipping through a gardening book with a chapter on common poisonous plants and… there it was! Foolish me! I had ingested Hemlock without understanding what it was! Large lesson there. 😬

@mcsmama

Жыл бұрын

@noah juan juneau - Yikes!!! Glad you lived to tell the tale! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. "Poison Hemlock - The Plant We Love To Hate" [mcsmama 7.12.2022]

@klubstompers

Жыл бұрын

A woman in Tacoma just died when she added it to her salad.

@2degucitas

Жыл бұрын

@@klubstompers oh no, that's horrible!

@jetv1471

Жыл бұрын

You should start buying lottery tickets cause you are having a run of Luck !

@noahjuanjuneau9598

Жыл бұрын

@@jetv1471 - Well yes I was ‘lucky’ bcoz I didn’t die… however I was super sick and delirious for about eight days… Def wouldn’t want to repeat it !

“All the happy widows know, where the wild hemlock grows” unknown Midwife

@wakeupsheepleNWOREAL

2 жыл бұрын

Charles Zimmermann lol it reminds me of a book I recently read from out europe, called the widowmakers.

@wakeupsheepleNWOREAL

2 жыл бұрын

Charles Zimmerman I just found the book today. It's The Widow-Maker by M. Fagyas printed 1966 by signet.

@ndreyah1160

2 жыл бұрын

:(

@deltanovember1672

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha. That’s great.

@paulgibbons2320

2 жыл бұрын

Is that to clear up the Herpes. Lol

My dad told me a kid died in his area when he tried to make "blow guns" out of the stuff.. Definitely one to teach your kids early in life.

@crispy9985

2 жыл бұрын

My mom taught me the same thing

@chicksie2388

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like it would make a good, but poisonous blow gun due to its large, hollow stems.

@jwenting

Жыл бұрын

@@chicksie2388 yup. Cut the stem, put it in your mouth, and get a dose of poison. Unlikely to be enough to kill you, but you can get seriously sick.

I live in Norway and have been watching this strange carrot/parsley looking plant grow. I am mildly horrified by how toxic this plant is, as I have curious 2 and 4yr old children playing near it. It's getting removed immediately. This video may have saved their lives.

@chrisphar2305

2 жыл бұрын

There are plants that look the same and are harmless. Check if its wild chervil (cow parsley)

@batintheattic7293

2 жыл бұрын

It's probably for the best. The alternative is to fence the scary plant off, give the kids a couple of years of growing, then use the plant to give them a very important live specimen botany lesson. The most important thing is that you are now aware you have something dangerous growing in your garden. My boy had to grow up surrounded by deadly plants and the constant directives to not mess with them. I hope some of my explaining 'why' has stayed with him.

@joebloggs619

2 жыл бұрын

We grew up with it in rural Australia. My father worked for the Railways and taught us kids who often walking along railway tracks to go look for our dads working there, taught us to never ever touch anything we found growing there. Like beautiful but highly toxic Hemlock, toadstools, wild strawberries etc. It was tempting to pick these because they looked so beautiful or tasty...We thought Hemlock was just wild carrots or sparsely that had bolted to seed and sometimes picked bunches of it to take home to mum, thinking she'd be impressed. I had a European mother who knew about traditional plant medicines and what Hemlock was good for(apart from disposing of irksome husbands and kids). She promptly tool it off us and told us not to ever touch it again and his it away to make some weird that things she concocted in a secret shed that was out of bounds to us kids. My skin got very inflamed handling the fresh Hemlock. She said"It's that plant. Medicinal". I asked her as a 5year old: If it's a medicine, then why does my skin hurt so much? She gave her usual peculiar answers: Because you did what I told you not to do. You touched that plant! But you often see it here, growing wild along railway tracks and I often wondered why it preferred to grow there, not other places.... A out could easily mistaken it for an edible plant if you are inexperienced. I saw a city type millennial who had moved to the bush for a "note natural lifestyle" eg foraging for food, seeds to grow an "organic garden" with and she was harvesting Hemlock cuttings and seeds along an old abandoned railway track. I asked her what she was looking for and she said "Parsley... Heaps of nice fresh parsley... Carrot seeds, too... ". She really believed that Hemlock was a harmless organic garden vegetable. Totally oblivious to its toxicity. I could just imagine her kids crying: Mummy... I have a sore tummy' or her saying to hubby" No, not tonight dear, maybe never ever again... I think I ate something that didn't agree with me... But, your share is still in the pot... Help your self, dear... I don't feel crash hot tonight. Not really in the mood.... I think I'm Covid positive...." And hubby replying: Should have heeded the Chief Health Minister's advice about staying home, washing hands, wearing face mask, social distancing...." It's so easy to mistaken one plant or mushroom species for another because, often, they look almost identical. I once ate a perfect white wild mushroom I found, the first ever wild one I ate, as I had been taught yo not do as crazy Australians to ie eat wild mushrooms, after two European German young guys at our multicultural house party in the Bush got drunk, went out mushrooming at 2am in the moonlight, ate deadly toadstools they mistook for "magic mushrooms" ie hallucinogens and died. I felt as sick as a dog. I was positive I would die, it was so bad... But, on the way to find a rare medical facility in hundreds of miles of deserted bush open at 2am, I thought "OK. This is it! Find a good resting place for RIP and prepare to die any moment now!" I lay down on some nice soft grass in a quiet secluded spot and waited for the inevitable. But, fortunately, all I did was vomit! I then felt better, got up and thought "What the hell am I doing here, at this hour, in this state? When I was originally on my way to the supermarket to buy safe edible mushrooms there. But, the perfect white mushroom I saw growing wild looked so beautiful dark and pure, untouched,newly sprung IP that I simply had to have it, as I liked eating raw mushrooms usually in a health food type trendy salad, but also awesome raw some natural food, straight from Nature's pantry. I stopped that since that episode. I now stick to raw dandelion leaves (good for liver cleansing) and a few other plants I know well that work as nutritious and medicinal foods. But, even with these, you want to check the environment they grew in eg were they sprayed with poisons, as weeds by local Councils? What is the quality of the soil they grew in eg a toxic waste dump? Are they growing in heavily polluted urban type air, especially by roadsides and railway lines etc where there could be greater toxic metals, like lead and mercury etc pollution that can then get into your system by ingesting "organic" foods grown there? But, that said, there ate entire generations since the Great Depression raised on "foraged wild food" that grew along roadsides, railway tracks, bush tracks etc. And somehow survived. They also cooked in aluminium pots and ate tinned fish, sardines etc full of mercury and lived in asbestos houses and are still going strong....However, there were less cars, less manufactured cancer and disease causing industries back then, so their exposure to harmful pollutants would not have been as heavy as now eg our supermarkets which replete with polluting products, manufacture unreal, non nourishing, potentially very harmful processed foods that pollute the body and encourage addictions, that lead to obesity or liver disease eg excess consumption the supposedly very healthy "Green Tea". Ever wondered about exactly what is hidden in that greenish powder in that manufactured tea bag and how many chemicals that contains? I only buy loose leaf tea, which is bad enough. And apply my " One Rule" I live by ie only consume one of anything eg one cup of green tea a day. To minimise health risks from food, though one cup of green tea probably dies nothing, anyway. Just gives you "green pee", which is probably nicer than boring yellow pee and not as bad as brown pee, from not enough drinking....

@cameronlaird894

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisphar2305 Angelica is also widely distributed in Fenno-Scandia, and is similar in appearance to other umbelliferans (or Apiaceae) including both poison hemlock and wild carrots.

@sabrinarodrigues629

2 жыл бұрын

@@joebloggs619 🥱 @ that wall of text

Ah yes, Poison Hemlock... When I was the chief Interpretive naturalist for a state park, I made sure to very strongly point it out on hikes, and post warnings around the campsites. Its deceptive carroty aroma and a similar look to the untrained eye of Queen Anne's Lace, only add to the confusion. Well done Adam, and I have spent many years very close to where you film.

GREAT video. Queen Anne's Lace has fuzzy stems. As kids we always thought it was funny to say that "the queen has hairy legs"

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

That's probably a very old saying going back centuries to warn people to know the difference because someone else said the exact same thing that as a kid they were taught that Queen Anne has hairy legs

@Cj-bw3hn

2 жыл бұрын

Queen Anne's Lace also has a red dot in the middle. It is said it represents Queen Anne prickicking her finger on her tatting needle and a drop of her blood falling upon her lace she was making.

@davidarundel6187

2 жыл бұрын

Queen Anne's Lace, is also known as wild carrot.

@davidarundel6187

2 жыл бұрын

@Dr. D in Queen Anne's day, women, to my knowledge, did not, shave their legs. Hence the saying.

Thank you Adam for putting this video up. I live over on the Western side of Illinois and recently I found out that there are several people in my area where P.H. grows more than just abundantly, have no idea what it is. One even has been chopping it down and feeding it to their chickens. This particular individual talked to my wife about it as part of an entirely different conversation and the plant was mentioned off handedly. My wife picked up on the mention and had the neighbor go immediately out to the chicken feeding area and describe the plant they were talking about. Sure enough there was the carrot looking top with the stems covered in purple spots/splotches. This video is 100% perfectly timed. Thank you and please keep them coming. You are a superb teacher

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

So your wife saved his poor chickens from dying a horrible death ... that was good she was really paying attention

@jamesharrison2763

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it's poisoness to chickens ... Hmmm.

@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesharrison2763 even if harmless to chickens, I wouldn't trust the eggs.

@john3_14-17

2 жыл бұрын

Poison hemlock is toxic to most, if not all mammals and birds as far as I am aware. This includes chickens. However, the chickens mentioned may not have eaten the plant. Livestock animals, and chickens especially, tend to avoid poisonous plants. In addition, poison hemlock also has an unpleasant musty smell, esp. when the plant is crushed. So it’s quite possible the smell dissuaded the chickens from eating it. We don’t know though.

@ruthamos2312

2 жыл бұрын

​@@jamesharrison2763 My one plant identifying book said that poison hemlock was imported with the original settlers from England and Europe as a pest killer for mice and rats. Half the plants in that book were NOT native to my Indiana. I had no idea that the early settlers brought along so many plants for soap making and medicine and rat poison...wow. That was an education I hadn't learned in school!

It's all over my yard here in Kentucky... Good to know. 😉 I recommend "learn your land" to a lot of people. Keep up the good work Adam.

This grows everywhere in the UK I have already saved two people from eating it as they thought it was Elder flower because of the white flowers ! Those two people went on to have their own kids. Thank you for the video and thumbs up.

@DeborahRosen99

2 жыл бұрын

Aiiiii! Elder grows on a woody shrub, not on a grasslike stem! Good call and well done.

@RJM1011

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeborahRosen99 Thank you most people think because I come from the New Forest in the UK I am thick, stupid and no good ! LOL

@edmundprice5276

Жыл бұрын

What the hell did you do that for, 2 people stupid enough to consume random flowers and almost get themselves killed doing it are now contributing to the gene pool

@avancalledrupert5130

Жыл бұрын

It constantly amazes me that people don't know what it is . It's every whare in Britain but most don't realise what it is .

@RJM1011

Жыл бұрын

@@avancalledrupert5130 Sometimes I am glad some don't know as I think they would try and use it to harm others maybe ?? Thank you

IN UK there is something similar .Also a member of the carrot family .Known as .Giant Hogweed it is usually found near rivers or canals .It grows to giant proportions and getting rid of it is a mammoth task .I has blinded people and caused severe burning Beautiful to see it goes to show .Never trust looks ...Great video .👍

@wmluna381

2 жыл бұрын

Hogweed has made its way here to the U.S. Saw some stories about it over the last few years.

@jwenting

Жыл бұрын

not sure but I think it's actually the same plant (or a very close crossbreed). It grows all over Europe, though in several countries is now a protected species because of aggressive campaigns in the past to get rid of it were successful enough that environmentalists in all their wisdom got it listed as "endangered" without ever considering that the reason for it being removed was its toxicity even to the touch.

@stephen88hox

Жыл бұрын

I think these are just the non giant versions

@davej7458

Жыл бұрын

@@jwenting That is exactly the problem with modern popular environmentalism. They demand that all kinds of things be done or not done and they do not even know or care about the consequences. For instance the Western USA Forest fires. They demand that Forest lands and grasslands not be managed or maintained. The First Nations people managed Forest and grasslands with controlled Burns. That made for beautiful safe forests and grasslands and that is what attracted white European people to this part of the country. Now they want us to do nothing with those lands and the result is all that carbon Burns and gets into the atmosphere just exactly what they say they are protecting us from.

@BenInSeattle

11 ай бұрын

There definitely are problems. But, I think you may be mistaking environmentalism for something else. Environmentalists -- at least the ones that actually make US government policy -- have not shyed away from land management. Your point about burns is an example where environmentalists got it wrong but in the opposite way than you think. Thanks to campaigns like "Smokey the Bear", fire prevention was over emphasized and natural burns that occurred from lightning strikes were extinguished, leading to a build up of dry trees and brush and other flammable material. That caused forest fires to then rage out of control, destroying vast swaths and killing trees that would have survived a smaller fire. But that was decades ago. Since then environmentalists have pushed for better forest management by allowing small fires. So, why, you might ask, have we seen an increase in the frequency and severerity of forest fires? Well, you don't want to hear this, but it's because we didn't listen to the environmentalists who said climate change would be disastrous. Forests that used to get reliable rain are now suffering from prolonged drought.

I’m going to need you to do. Hogweed. Cow Parsley. Yarrow. Queen Ann’s Lace and Giant Hogweed now 😋

@davidarundel6187

2 жыл бұрын

Queen Anne's Lace = wild carrot. It used to be grown as a cut flower & the roots for food. It also is similar to Hemlock, though very different aromaticaly, in leaf & flower.

@wreckofthehesperas8323

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes!! Please do! This stuff is all similar looking, except the hogweed etc being much larger, but around here (sw nh) people call it "wild carrot" and it looks very much like the one in this video EXCEPT for the purple splotches. Stems are smooth, almost a translucent celery green. No splotches BUT a few bottom leaves have purple stems, very confusing!

@davidarundel6187

2 жыл бұрын

@@wreckofthehesperas8323 Hemlock, is it's name where I live, and we have "wild carrot", which came with the colonials & was used medicinally, food, cut flowers - Queen Anne's Lace. Break a leaf, there's a big difference between both, in aroma, similarly with the flowers - Hemlock isn't a pleasant fragrance, in any part of the plant. Safe & happy for ageing, to you.

@newnamestillhumanthough576

2 жыл бұрын

Yarrow looks like a fern + small bush had a baby. It looks nothing like hemlock. Its flowers can be white red or pink maybe other colors too.

@davidarundel6187

2 жыл бұрын

@@newnamestillhumanthough576 Yarrow, is a small fern like plant, with a single tall panacle of flowers, in white, pink or red. It's leaves, are dark green in colour. The plant, has medicinal propertys. The hog weed & wild carrot, are similar to each other in leaf & flower though not in the aroma, from cut stems. Hemlock is also coarser leafed to Queen Anne's Lace /Wild Carrot & generally, a larger spread of leaf & taller growth habit, for Hemlock & hogweed.

Thank you for this. For the longest time, I thought queen anne's lace was poison hemlock but found out that it was not and I was left with the question "well then what exactly does poison hemlock look like?" and your video cleared that up beautifully for me.

Thanks Adam! I still hesitate foraging any carrot family because of poison hemlock. I even started planting dark colored carrots, avoiding the mixed packet that has the white root, in case a hemlock seed drifts and plants itself in my garden 😂

@jstrosp

2 жыл бұрын

@K Barnes I also avoid the white carrot varieties for the same reason as Ms. Lew. I don't fear cross pollination, I fear that "volunteers" in my garden are Poison Hemlock, brought in by bird droppings, et al. We have a ton of it growing around us.

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720

2 жыл бұрын

@@jstrosp, yes. Far better to throw away $50 of food rather than eat something poisonous.

@jake-rg3fd

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually pretty easy to tell carrots from hemlock. Often "foraging guides" don't give you a full picture, so I would recommend picking up something like the Wild Flower Key by Francis Rose (though that is mainly for the UK) if this is causing you concern.

@john3_14-17

2 жыл бұрын

Carrots and poison hemlock do not cross pollinate. They’re distant relatives that are only in the same family.

@john3_14-17

2 жыл бұрын

As an addendum, most plants within a family cannot cross-pollinate. The same is true for animals. Jackals, dogs, and foxes are in the same family, but you don’t see dog-fox hybrids. Their DNA is incompatible. Roses and raspberries do not cross, even though they too are in the same family. There are rare exceptions when plants are closely related, that is, members of the same genus. But a lot of times, most genus members cannot cross either. Poison hemlock is in the genus Conium. Carrots are in the genus Daucus. There isn’t a way for these to cross.

I have seen this plant here in Oklahoma. The purple splotches on the stalk are what I remember. Now that I know what it looks like, I can look for it to identify it for myself and others. Thank you for this presentation.

@MrTemplerage

2 жыл бұрын

It's profuse here. The cattle aren't as susceptible to it but it is a problem

@tomcurran8470

Жыл бұрын

The splotchy stems are the key.

@JJ-vz1cx

10 ай бұрын

Had a run in with hemlock today. The toxin persists in many spots even if the plant itself doesn't appear to be present, especially in ranges where it is prolific, and it can enter the bloodstream through cuts which is what happened to me. I had ascending paralysis for about 10 minutes and mild paralysis in my hand but thank goodness my dose was low (as indicated by the gradual waning of of the ascending paralysis). Hoping for a full recovery.

Cop: We had a call that you were loitering along the railroad tracks. Suspect: Yes I was but don't worry, I was just looking for poison hemlock.

@dhuze66

2 жыл бұрын

Cop: Oh well that sounds reasonable. Good Luck.

@kmills18

2 жыл бұрын

It's ok. It's for science.

Oh yeah this is all over the place in Maryland. Thanks for teaching me! 🙏

I live in Western Montana, and in the early 70's a young organically inclined couple lived on our remote 14 acre property some 50 miles from town. The Husband got a small job assisting the caretaker of a private lodge on a man made lake. He was working and pulled some small cattail roots to eat. A short while later he started to trip. he told the guy he was working for he wanted to go home to see his wife and kids. His Wife gave us a very detailed view of the sequence of his demise. He was very aware of what had happened, and surmised that Hemlock was the culprit, and described lots of hallucinations and incredible curtains of shifting beautiful colors......not much physical pain. The Wife and 8 year old Daughter and 5 year old Son were present for the entire process. She said he lived for approximately 90 minutes...One of the most tragic things, yet the way she described it, it was almost beautiful. Very odd. He is buried in a small Cemetery not a mile from where he died, and his Children have went on to be quite successful.

@scottnyc6572

2 жыл бұрын

I guess she described it as being very beautiful as opposed to potentially suffering in agony as the kids were witnesses.He went peacefully and serenely when the alternatives could’ve been violently in pain.

@wisconsinfarmer4742

Жыл бұрын

How did he go from cattail to hemlock? Must have made a stew of several plants?

@aloberdorf4579

Жыл бұрын

@@wisconsinfarmer4742 good question...assumption on my part, but I was led to believe that habitat overlap primarily responsible, and perhaps not carefully examining the root before eating...

@aloberdorf4579

Жыл бұрын

@@benjamingaster You have no Idea of the term rural unless you have been there. Town was a 2 to 3 hour trip in vehicles when I was a kid in the late 50's, (depending on weather and season) Once every 6 months was a supply run to Kalispell Mt, near Glacier Natl Park was in order. Even today, do not become complacent, and be aware. He wasn't snake bit.... but poisoned ,by the same as Julius Caesar......clearly....he didn't try either. LOL !!

@harrybarnes3539

Жыл бұрын

cool story bro

Always something interesting to learn on your channel. They do look like those wild carrot plants I've seen. My parents always told me never to eat a plant in the wild until they looked at it. Many ofTodays parents wouldn't have a clue. When in doubt, leave it alone

@DeborahRosen99

2 жыл бұрын

It does get confused with wild carrot/Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota). I was taught that smell is one very important characteristic in identifying D. carota from its deadly lookalike cousin: D. carota smells sweet. C.maculatum smells bitter and/or musty.

I swear I have seen more poison Hemlock this year than ever before.

@hotel3667

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a black dog crossing the road earlier today. The owner looked at me. So i hung up crosses and garlic around my house. But i havent seen any hemlocks crossing the road!!

@christal2641

2 жыл бұрын

It's an invasive alien. It completely took over some park areas along vf this Mississippi.

@jamesmills4850

2 жыл бұрын

It's grows in abundance along my local cycle tracks here in Johnstone, Scotland. Long rows of poison hemlock and stinging nettles stretch for miles in multiple directions all running directly in front of the tree lines which stands either sides of the tracks. Looks great!

@survivortechharold6575

2 жыл бұрын

wild plants and animals have feast and famine years, abundance and scarcity.

Dr. H (Adam), I learn something everytime I watch your videos. I like the way you encourage your watchers to learn everything about their surroundings. Who knows when we may have to live off the land, again. Hope not too soon. But, if we do, it would be very useful to know what plants, like poison hemlock, can harm you and which ones can't. Thanks for another great video!

@annak804

Жыл бұрын

There is a reason for having people who you feed the things you do not know are edible or not to it was quite common when we lived off the land

@takashimono

Жыл бұрын

@@annak804 I'm not sure I follow what you mean, AnnaK.

I met poison hemlock wandering through a field with 8 foot high weeds(poison hemlock). Being young and dumb, I forged my own trail through it. My hands and arms were pins and needles for days. Nobody ever told me about it growing up, but it was an experience I've actively avoided re-living since.

@badonebadone4778

Жыл бұрын

Given the height it could also have been hogweed. Also a nasty plant

@cornholius

Жыл бұрын

@@badonebadone4778 I wonder...after looking at photos of the crazy blisters and rashes, I'm thinking my reaction wasn't as severe so maybe it was hemlock(thankfully). Possible it was more like 6 feet and I'm just remembering it being larger than it really was. I don't remember the broader leaves of hogweed... can't believe plants like that were imported without even considering the potential to spread. All plants in that genus persist like crazy. I'm a farmer, and it's hard enough to control queen annes lace. The seeds are so profuse and they have spikes which attach to everything. An animal could carry them miles. Well adapted for survival.

@catherinewilson1079

Жыл бұрын

That might also have been giant hogweed.

@JJ-vz1cx

10 ай бұрын

Had a run in with hemlock today. The toxin persists in many spots even if the plant itself doesn't appear to be present and it can enter the bloodstream through cuts. I had ascending paralysis but thank goodness my dose was low. I'll give an update if my symptoms persist but reading your story I really hope and believe it won't.

Thank you for this great description of hemlock

You didn't mention the smell. Every time I'm around Poison Hemlock I notice an unpleasant odor, kind of like stinky feet.

@chrisg3030

2 жыл бұрын

Stinky feet, carrots, mouse urine, yes I think all those words would describe it. "Poison hemlock often has a bad smell described as like "mouse urine" or "musty" when the plant is crushed. The naturally occurring poisons, most notably coniine, are in all parts of the plant. Poison hemlock belongs to the same plant family (Apiaceae) as carrots, parsnips, fennel, and dill. The plants often involved with foraging mistakes are also a part of the Apiaceae family" www.poison.org/articles/can-poison-hemlock-be-deadly-184 I wonder if hemlock disguises itself by smell as carrots, and/or a mouse venue, to attract unwary foragers, and use their rotting corpses as nutrition for its seeds.

@anyascelticcreations

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he wanted us to get that close. 🤣

@neilrogers6767

2 жыл бұрын

It could be just your feet

Brother, please do one regarding the viscous Hog weed plant........it's extremely nasty and everyone should be familiar with it.

@myriadplanes

2 жыл бұрын

Giant hogweed u mean

@Videomoth

2 жыл бұрын

@@myriadplanes Thats nasty stuff. Particularly to someone who's clearing a very overgrown bit of land.

@outtathyme5679

2 жыл бұрын

Also the subject of an old Genesis song

@fifthof1795

2 жыл бұрын

vicious...not viscous

@joybreegaming8781

2 жыл бұрын

@@Videomoth it’s delicious you just need to wear gloves

Cool vid, the Blue Bird calling in the background is nice to hear too.

I can't believe I never confused this with the "wild carrot" we used to forage in my native upstate NY. edit: yeah, Queen Anne's Lace.

@greatplainsman3662

2 жыл бұрын

It does NOT smell like a carrot though.

Really enjoy every video. Thank you.

At camp we call those purple splotches "the blood of Socrates"

@Joefrogigolo

2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty dope

@peaceonearth8693

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joefrogigolo Do you understand the pun that you made?

@blueconversechucks

2 жыл бұрын

@Dr. D please do not poison teachers or anybody else.

Always providing descriptive pieces...with new information in the details....glad you exist my friend...and thank you for sharing!

Thank you for this video. It’s all over the place down here in East Texas.

Yet another plant that I was not familiar with. Thanks so much for these great videos Adam! 👍👍

Thank you my expert friend

North Texas here, this stuff grows natively in my yard. It's never been a problem for me

Hey I live in Western PA! Born and raised in New Castle, now live near PGH. I have shown everyone I know what this plant is and the difference between similar plants.

@Paislywalls4767

2 жыл бұрын

Your a Good Egg Beth Kelley! 🍃🕊🍃

Your videoes are always so good! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

I was doing yard work on a property in Texas when I found what looked like little baby carrots or parsnips I pulled it out of the ground it was maybe 2 cmeters big And I'd been into it and it wasn't till I crunched down on it and I remembered That episode of house where the rennasance people thought it was parsnips and I scared myself and spit it out I didn't feel anything so either I didn't ingest enough or it wasn't poison hemlock.

@christopherrowley7506

2 жыл бұрын

If you didn't swallow, I doubt you'd get enough of a dose for anything other than a funny feeling in the mouth. Also any toxic plant I've munched on (you know, for science) has been indescribably horrible. You'd really have to force yourself to swallow. I'm sure that's not true in every case, but it seems a general good rule of thumb not to swallow if something is offensive.

@Catubrannos

2 жыл бұрын

Renaissance people thought tomatoes were poisonous because they looked like the Jerusalem cherry which is poisonous as is also related to the tomato. Tomatoes were originally grown in Europe as ornamental plants.

Wow, I've lived in Connecticut for 52 years, I was also a brownie, and girl scout, I NEVER knew this. Thank you!!

This is the time right now, I see the flowers driving the highway. Awesome presentation.

Thank YOU for this video. I live in Missouri and I wasn't sure if what I had around here was Hemlock or wild parsnips. The roots smelled like parsnips but I wasn't going to take a chance. Happily after watching your video I know at least it is NOT Hemlock. I think for now, I'll stay safe and just buy my parsnips at the store.

I have seen that stuff when I was up and New York State..

I'm from johnstown pa originally... so cool to see another herbal enthusiast from near by!

@LearnYourLand

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching.

Thank you teacher!! You're very inspiring and fun to watch and learn. I share this channel a lot!

I would like to have seen a side-by-side comparison to Queen Anne's Lace (which, I believe, IS edible) to show the difference's. But, good vid and good identification descriptions. Thank you.

@benkendrick8465

2 жыл бұрын

Look for a little purple flower in the middle of the cluster. QAL has it, hemlock doesn't. It's a good shortcut I find.

@triple_gem_shining

2 жыл бұрын

Plus hemlock has blood on the stem

@triple_gem_shining

2 жыл бұрын

And only 5 pedals per flower

@frithar

2 жыл бұрын

"Queen Anne has hairy legs"--the stem of QAL is quite hairy

@derekfrost8991

2 жыл бұрын

Wild carrot has a hairy stalk. You can also smell carrot on the leaves which is a dead giveaway. I'm not convinced the other identifying features mentioned here are reliable.. :)

There's a man that's been on life support for over 40 days 8n Ohio we know it is from gardening around Hemlock here in June.

@paulgibbons2320

2 жыл бұрын

That's tragic.

Thank you for educating us on this plant!

I have so much of these in my county. I gave a huge patch on my farm too. Love your videos

Oh yeah, we've got tons of it now in Southern Ohio. Just noticed yesterday, it's in full bloom.

What fantastic timing: I've been trying to decide if I've found elderberry, poison hemlock, or something else. Thanks so much for the info!

@tomcurran8470

Жыл бұрын

Elderberry is a bush. The flowers are non toxic (check this). However, the rest of the plant contains cyanide...even the berries. So, don't eat uncooked elderberry berries and cook them thoroughly when making syrup.

I'm glad I happened to read about this many decades ago. It was growing plentifully in a local riverbed.

I live in Eastern Pennsylvania and it is growing across the road. I can see it off my front porch. About two years ago there were tree trimmers over there and they knocked down an area about 10 feet wide under the wires. Now all kinds of crazy stuff is coming up. No doubt seeds off the trucks and equipment.

@paintnamer6403

2 жыл бұрын

Same here in North East Ohio in my neighborhood.

Thank you 😊 wonderful information. Have a great day .

My road here in Northern Maine is literally lined with it.

Thank you for the informative video! Learned this plant many years ago & also learned so many people have no idea that this & other poisonous plants exist.( I live in N.H.) Enjoyed the humorous touch!

When I was twelve I dug up one of those. Tried to eat a root, but it tasted so bad, and I spit it out. I had no ill effects though. I went on to actually living off wild plants for months at a time on two occasions. If it does not taste good, do not eat it. Sure you will end up not eating dandelions which are rather good for you, but you will also skip the hemlock.

Excellent information, thank you!

In Russian the plant is called "болиголов", which means something like "headache inducing"

I really love all of the information you share. Thank you for your time and efforts!

God bless you, Brother!

Thank you very much!! I Appreciate all your doing,,,,!!! I'm a animal groomer and I love to pass on knowledge of poison 's for dog's & cat's, your information is VITAL !!!

@gardensofthegods

2 жыл бұрын

Yesterday evening when i was out for a walk i saw what looked like Queen Anne's Lace from a distance and i was going to pick it and bring it home but when i got closer i realized it wasn't and so i just decided not to bring it home but instead found some honeysuckle and bought that home for my cat to sniff and play with instead of the stuff that now i am positive was hemlock ! But i didn't know that yesterday ... just lucky that something made me change my mind and not pick it to bring home but now i'm positive that's what it was .

@meredithahern-tamilio4667

2 жыл бұрын

@@gardensofthegods I'm so relieved to hear that!!! It is great that you had the ( GUT) Feeling not to bring it home, our Creator works in mysterious ways,!! Thank goodness!!! 🐾🐈💜

Love your videos, so informative. Thank you so much

I found this presentation delightful and particularly relevant for this time of year. This was my first experience with Learn Your Land. I'm looking forward to more. Couldn't subscribe fast enough.

THanks to you, I have now learned the difference between Queen Annes Lace, GIant Hogweed, and Poison Hemlock.

Thanks for this video! Very informative! Yep, biennials are out this year, and here in Northeast PA hemlock is growing in copious amounts 😀

@geraldhenley2393

2 жыл бұрын

Does it grow in west arkansas

Funny you should start with a railroad background. Thats where I first encountered it.

It is growing in abundance around my property , thick like yard grass . It's everywhere !

Just discovered your videos. Love your presentation. Clear concise and very informative. Great job. Will be tuning in.

Poison hemlock was also mentioned in a TV's Emergency! episode called "Women".

I believe that a lot of people mistake this for elderflower.. It does look very similar when it is fruiting

@bwghall1

2 жыл бұрын

elderflower grows on trees, very tall shrub and it smells pleasant. the Hemlock only grows to on average 4/5 foot and has purple specks and blotches on stems. elder is wood with hollow branches sometimes known as the pipe tree. elder is a soft green/purple plant stem. Briddy UK.

@sarco64

2 жыл бұрын

@@bwghall1 I suspect that warbear was referring to the appearance of American elderberry bushes when they are in bloom. The flowers look fairly similar to poison hemlock, and the plants are around the same size.

Here in Northeast Indiana Poison Hemlock grows in abundance in or near streams and in lowlands where water collects after heavy rains. There are documented cases of cattle drinking the water that collected at the base of this plant after the roots were bruised and they died as a result. The plant closely resembles edible cow parsley.

Great timing ! I found this plant growing in one my outdoor pots and I was curious about it. I live in upstate N.Y. Thank you for sharing 😎.

Very common here in southern germany, even away from the railways. Trouble is there are many similar plants also growing here. So best avoid all umbellifera, unless you really know what you're doing.

@davidh.4649

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, southern Germany. I've spent some time there (visiting relatives) and what I remember most is Brennessel. Not poisonous but one remembers their encounter with it. I recall on a bicycle tour I was on in Germany with a group, one of the guides bringing it up and pointing it out ... if you need an emergency bathroom stop just be careful where you go.

@kevgermany

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidh.4649 lol. Good warning. That's just stinging nettle, for those who don't speak German. Was surprised to find they put it in cheese.

In North Carolina we have a lookalike that I can't find anything on. It's not QAL or Yarrow. The stalks and leaves resemble the tall wild daisies with very little greens on it. White Umbel flowers around the same height. Grows in shaded areas along creekside and gutters. Haven't uprooted any yet because of the difficulty getting to it in the foliage swarming with poison ivy. Thought it was some crossbreeded water hemlock but really not hitting that mark either. Flowers can be an off-white color. Still no idea what it is exactly.

@darkwolve

2 жыл бұрын

@Eastern fence Lizard Yea, that's just one of those things I'd never consider paying for. Should be able to give it a Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. Unfortunately tho, the internet is only out to sell you on something anymore. Usually nothing even close to the actual keywords. Searching resources have become all but useless unless you're looking to pay simply to learn something new; completely gambling on any relevance. I miss the good ol' days where search results actually matched what's typed in the bar. 😑

You are a natural teacher and a inspirational person Thanks

Where You Was Hiding ? Long Time I Don't See You Side On KZread. Welcome Back. You Are Greatest Biologist Professor..

I used to picked this flowers to make arrangements all the time. Didn't know this is poison.

@historymatters8991

2 жыл бұрын

So you didn't get a rash? I thought people get rashes from touching it?

I never knew these were poisonous, seen them all the time as a kid in Oregon.

@happyd6145

2 жыл бұрын

Where are you from?

Hello from no. east Ohio! YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT TEACHER! Thank you so much. I have learned a lot from you.

Just found this channel. Instant subscribe. I'm from West Virginia, so I feel like this channel is very much suited for my area. I would even consider your paid training program to learn as much as I can. Good stuff.

I've weed-eated this stuff and gotten it all over my skin without any effects. I certainly don't recommend everyone try this, but in my experience, I think it has to be ingested for any poisonous effects.

@whatfreedom7

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’ve heard too.

@mounder5

2 жыл бұрын

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@rstlr01

2 жыл бұрын

Been digging up and chopping down this all summer in my back yard. Thankfully no negative consequences yet.

Adam, I appreciate this much needed topic, however I am left wanting for more info and I can't say I've ever felt that about any of your videos. I have had such a hard time finding a clear video on the differences between wild carrot, wild cow parsely, water hemlock, wild fennel, wild parsnip, wild parsely, water parsnip, wild celery, angelica and of course Queen Anne's Lace. I just got that full list from a site that was only more confusing without offering clear distinctions, and I wonder if some of those names might be intermingled? Most sites use terms which I need a visual for, especially the fine points. No such video exists. Smell is often mentioned as well. I am surprised you didn't talk about smell as you often do, as well as look-alikes. It would be immensely helpful if you could produce such a video.

@prodomango712

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, you think there’d be a more comprehensive video on it given the deadly nature of the matter

@mrknittle532

2 жыл бұрын

I've always identified it by the purple spots on the smooth, hollow stems. Most other members of the carrot family (QAL, wild parsnip, etc) have solid stems with hair and no purple spots.

@Neznisgip

2 жыл бұрын

@Jo~ I had a couple videos in my poisons plants playlist that might help you. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJem1bSwmde6frQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/rImLs8eSfZXFgNo.html

@jake-rg3fd

2 жыл бұрын

Get a plant key! Actual books on the subject by experts are always going to do a better job than some youtube video.

@yoopermary

2 жыл бұрын

@@Neznisgip Good stuff, those videos.

Your videos are great, and I've enjoyed every one I ever watched. Your Knowledge and enthusiasm is contagious in the best sense of the word. I really enjoy your goofy wonder. I like your new look here as well, this hairstyle is much more flattering and you appear to working out. Thank You and congrats for all you are and do.

Have a great and safe 4th of July Adam! Hope you’re out in the woods! Really appreciate your channel. Best wishes to you! 👍✌️🌲🍃🍁 ❤️ 🇺🇸

I feel like goutweed looks more like poison hemlock than queen anne's lace does, but I know a lot of people find QAL less clear to identify than I do...

@kdavis4910

2 жыл бұрын

Just look for the single crimson flower in the center of the bloom and the hairy stems for QAL.

I wonder if the pollen can affect honey.

@tikitavi7120

2 жыл бұрын

@M Williams Thank you!

One of the very first plants to start growing in spring as the snow leaves the ground. Thats the easiest ways to find it on your ground.

Welp i think i just found my new Favorite Channel.THANKS FOR THE ⏰ U PUT IN

Most people eat the root, because it looks and smells like a white carrot, when the plant is young it's nick name is "White Carrot!"

@greatplainsman3662

2 жыл бұрын

It does NOT smell like a carrot though.

@HyperFoxTails

2 жыл бұрын

@@greatplainsman3662 Yes it does, that way people when they find it think it is just a harmless carrot by it's smell and look and they think it's alright to eat it Most human death are cause that why.

How to tell the difference between this and Queen Anne's Lace --- Queen Anne's Lace has a red dot in the middle of the flower. It is said that ----- While Queen Anne was tatting (making lace), she pricked her finger causing a drop of blood to fall upon her lace.

Wow 🤩 Adam thank you! we have so much of that around. I did not know what it was. My mother even has some in her wild flower garden I have to tell her not to touch it!

nice video ,I live north of pittsburgh and just told my 6 year old grandson about this plant as it is in the woods behind my house.

Officer please, I'm not up to anything suspicious I'm just looking for some poison hemlock

@thebunker6350

2 жыл бұрын

lol

Looks like "Giant Hogweed"...this is a plant to avoid,makes poison ivy seem like daisies.

love these videos about plants as well! tyvm

l really enjoy your shows. Thanks Utah

To me, it looks like queen Ann's lace, so how do you tell difference between the two?

@FloridaGirl-

2 жыл бұрын

Queen ann’s lace has a much fuller and kind of a curved bloom. Like a dome. The bloom is much bigger too

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Can't say it loud enough, love this channel!

I found two places in the woods I frequent with this plant than I couldn’t identify. I went there on a weekly basis until it bloomed. It was a beautiful flower and plant. I took pictures so I could identify it when I got back home. It was fly poison. Reading about its toxicity I was taken aback at how dangerous it is.