On Mon, 10 May 2010 16:35:36 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

>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

Plus there's also Water Hemlock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicuta
Particulary nasty, this one.