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  • Weed of the Week: poison hemlock

    The Wahkiakum County Noxious Weed Control Board|Jun 12, 2025

    Poison hemlock is a weed class B native to Europe, Asia and Northern Africa. This weed is toxic to humans and livestock. Other common names for this weed are carrot-fern, fool’s parsley, and spotted hemlock. The entire plant is toxic to animals and humans, containing the poisonous alkaloid coniine and other alkaloids. Poison hemlock can quickly infest large areas of pasture as well as open waste places. Poison hemlock is a very tall biennial plant that can grow up to 12 feet in height. It grows into a rosette the first year; a cluster of l...