Nancy Young wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010...ers-after.html
>>
>>
>> There have been several cases of people being poisened by hemlock in
>> this area.
>> It's best to know what you are doing if you think you have a 'wild
>> carrot or parsnip".


Until a few years ago I assumed that the evergreen eastern Hemlock tree
was poison hemlock. After a walk with a naturalist we saw that the
poison stuff just looks like a ferny weed in the wild. Better NOT to
put anything in your mouth unless you are 100% sure it's edible.

the poison stuff:
http://tinyurl.com/2fz55x3

the evergreen decorative tree/shrub:
http://tinyurl.com/2cotuql

gloria p