I just put a short post about poison hemlock on my blog.

It's everywhere in Oregon.

Blake

www.outdoorquest.blogspot.com

Thanks for that. It's probably everywhere here in Missouri too.

+1
very good contribution.
Like you - I hadn't thought much about it.
I will have to pay attention when hiking on CA trails.
The plant is much more prolific than I imagined ... for some mistaken reason I always thought it was a short plant.

thanks!
Pete2

Thanks Pete,

You will notice that the picture of wildflowers on my blog has a good ammount of poison hemlock in it. And I didn't know it at the time;will be more careful in the future.

Blake

www.outdoorquest.blogspot.com

I don't ever eat any plant that I can't buy in a store... (I'm a city kid who likes the outdoors)... but I found this rather interesting. I've heard of Hemlock in old stories, but didn't realize it was so big and was actually here in the U.S. I always thought it was a European plant.. I guess that's why the call it an invasive species.