Search results
5 sie 2021 · Poison hemlock is biennial, meaning it takes two years to complete a life cycle, and can grow two to 10 feet tall. It can be found in nearly every contiguous U.S. state including Ohio, according...
HABITAT: Sunny (partial shade), open, and often disturbed habitats such as old fields, abandoned pastures, roadsides, fencerows, ditches, and waste areas; also stream terraces, floodplains, meadows. NOTES: Poison hemlock was first reported in Ohio in 1860 as an escape from plantings.
3 lip 2024 · Where Does Poison Hemlock Grow . Poison hemlock grows in full sun to light shade. While it prefers moist soil, it is otherwise not finicky about its location. Also called a “pioneer species,” it quickly populates disturbed sites such as cleared woodlands. It grows along roadsides, along farm fields, in ditches, marshes, and meadows.
5 lip 2024 · Poison hemlock can be identified by its white flowers and purple dotted stem. The plant that likely killed the Greek Philosopher Socrates may be blooming in your garden or along your favorite hiking trail.
21 cze 2021 · The hazardous poison hemlock is more visible in Ohio this year than ever before, experts say. The plant can be mistaken for Queen Anne's Lace.
5 lip 2024 · Poison hemlock has now been detected in all 88 Ohio counties and has become more abundant in the past fifteen years, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
28 lip 2022 · Poison hemlock generally grows in moist environments and is usually found along fence lines, in irrigation ditches, along roadsides, on the edges of cultivated fields, and in creeks.