Poison Hemlock - ID and Notes
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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Poison Hemlock - Conium maculatum - Incredibly deadly and beautiful plant.
www.ravensroots... - Great article showing detailed info on difference between poison hemlock and queen annes lace...
Poison Hemlock showed up in the ditch along the road and both Sasha and I agree we believe it deserves to live and stay and be who it is. It is at a perfect moment for identification as it has is flowers, foliage, and stalks all available to view.
I am not suggesting by any stretch that people plant this or spread seed, etc., but to think about plants and your relationship to them before you choose what their fate will be. This plant only showed up after a road crew really deeply damaged the ecosystem around it and we believe it is part of the repairing work needed to help life come back to a healthier way in that space.
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www.ravensroots.com/blog/2015/6/26/poison-hemlock-id - Great page showing Hemlock and Queen Annes Lace side by side...
Very good points Sean.
"what are you gong to replace them with?" THIS!!! So much! The plants are there because there's an opportunity for them. If you remove them but don't alter the conditions, they are just going to find their way back. One way to alter the conditions is by planting something to replace them in their function, so the niche is filled and they don't have a place to come back to...
Thank you for posting this--it is an important service. I didn't know what this plant was when I pulled it out of my yard. I was dizzy, short of breath, and had a racing heart beat that evening and my skin had a rash. I happened to watch a homesteading you tube video that evening ( I wish I could remember the dear soul) that saved me from future misery by identifying the plant. I'm so grateful. My chickens were smarter than me--they left it alone.
Just make sure you get all the seeds like you say. That’s my only issue. Have a good day sir
Lovely perspective!
In reading medical reports of poisonings by this plant, many more mistakes seem to be made by gardeners rather than by foragers. Accidents happen when folks think that just because something is in their garden, it's OK to eat. Or a non-gardener helps out in picking, but doesn't really know what they are harvesting - just something from the garden. Folks have mistaken this plant for parsley, anise, fennel, carrots, and even kale!
I don't have chickens or children rooting around in my compost, so I do compost it. The toxic compounds break down as the plant breaks down. And the seeds are relatively short-lived in the soil -- only 6-7 years, lol. So it's not a terrible plant, especially if it's pulled out when it's young. It's easy enough to identify even when it's only a few inches tall. It's not native to North America, so I don't have any regrets in pulling it when I see it. But it is pretty!
Thank you for the solid identification
interesting
Thank you very much for doing this video! It will help me be able to identify it if it ever shows up in my landscape! Great job!
Thank you so much for this clear explanation on identifying poison hemlock!
Great video.
great advice!
Love it soo many amazing living things doing great work. I love this ..i have some lambs ears poppin up all over the garden i put in and its because i removed a big old juniper soo i could grow some bush cherrys. Its clear to me that the void of the juniper is being filled. The earth is so regenerative and full of life from all spectrums its just so beautiful and complex and sometimes i feel as people we dont belong because of our actions.
helpful to see. thanx
I've got a canadian moonseed in my front yard that I wish I could justify keeping. All parts are poisonous but it's a pretty vine. I think I would leave it if not for the nearby playground and the grapeyness-look of the plant and berries that may fool a passerby.
Thanks.
I would love to hear your thoughts on invasive plant species and what to do when they have taken over!
Seems to always stir up controversy anytime I share my feelings on 'invasives' so maybe I will :)
Sure, but what does it taste like?
death!
We had Jamestown weed come up when we had some soil Disturbed here.
What a beauty that deadly friend is!
You're right, people do tend to hate "invasive" and "non-native" species just like they do with toxic species. And for the most part I think that's a result of really successful marketing by agro-chemical companies like Monsanto to convince greenies and environmentalists to go spray roundup on all these "bad" plants, even though most invasive species do serve really important and potentially helpful functions. Kudzu is edible for humans and livestock, silverberries are great for bees and make the best jam, and many other invasive species are also great for the bees. Many of the "invasive" species wouldn't spread so aggressively if the deer population was kept under control. The deer tend to eat most of the useful native plants and leave the "invasives" alone.
For the more adventurous among us, this plant is a good candidate for Hormesis! Eat a tiny bit on a regular basis and thwart the villains attempt to poison you.
At least the mini-ditch is too dry for Oenanthe crocata! I doubt that your neighborhood is swarming with kids and foragers, but you might want to consider 'companion-planting' a warning sign.
give it space give it peace give it to your enemies
If this were giant hogweed, would your approach change? (besides being more careful not to touch it with bare hands!!)
I don't know that it would. I have been fascinated by that plant from a distance for a while. If it wanted to show up in our roadside ditch I probably would want to give it space to be...
All plants our Creator put on Earth has a purpose for being here
jeanne miller you won't say that if a child is killed or your stock animals, dogs or cat.
Though you don't have children you do have your chickens close by. I'm sure you are aware of that though. Great video btw.
We would never put it in the chicken yard, but that is good to remember.
You know what is crazy? I have been seeing this in my front yard and thought "I didn't plant any carrots here!" Do I need to worry about my chickens foraging near it? That would be my only concern, and our nephews. It sure doesn't smell very appealing lol.
Libby Breitzman Keep you chickens away from it. I lost a great hen a few years back, she was fine in the afternoon and by evening I found her dead and stiff in my far back yard under the poison hemlocks that were dropping seeds. She had been foraging, and ate some seeds. I was very lucky that the rest of the flock hadn't eaten any with her.
Permie Bird oh my goodness how aweful! I'll find my gloves and pull it up before it flowers. I let the girls forage as much as I can and since we live in the country I don't want to have to put up any fence we don't have to. Thank you! And thank you Edible Acres for this video if I forgot to say so in my other comment.
But isn't it an invasive?
Whats that?
EdibleAcres Non-native invasive species
Being a non-native invasive species myself I have a hard time using that metric as a reason to kill something.
Though farfetche'd, I do see your point. If you have any Native American blood in you, I wouldn't;t sell yourself short just yet xD Here we (Florida) have horrendous problems with invasives like popcorn tree, white butterfly-plant, carrot wood, and everything else; for me any invasive is spooky.
The challenge I have is that I hear a lot from people about 'dealing with invasives' in my area. Folks are comfortable using roundup, or machines to try to eradicate them. But what I see as an incredibly larger problem is the human disruption of the ecosystem, not the plants that are coming in to do the repair work. I actually feel like the 'invasives' are my allies since I'm hoping to do ecological repair to the best of my ability, and so are they. Hard for me to feel negatively towards them actually!
Eco system can survive without that plant....plant something of equal value that is not poisenous.
What do you suggest?