Don’t let the poison hemlock’s white spring flowers fool you when you come across it in the wild. The plant is highly invasive and dangerous, causing illnesses to people and animals that come into ...

Having wildflowers spontaneously spring up in your garden can be endearing at times. It's like nature wanted to support you in your green thumb endeavors by adding its own flourish to your yard, until ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It's not as nasty as Giant Hogweed, which can leave you with burns if you touch its sap, but another weed is causing concern in Pennsylvania. Poison Hemlock is growing rapidly in ...

The goal of Yakima County Noxious Weed Board is to educate the public to prevent exposure and illness from dangerous plants. Two of the world’s most deadly plants have lovely white flowers and grow ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MODESTO — They grow along Highway 99 in ...

Many plants are poisonous to humans and animals alike, which is why it’s important to spot them before it’s too late. As more people venture outside to enjoy warm weather, knowing how to identify and ...

A sharp-eyed visitor from Texas thought the tall weeds growing near the Killian Sports Complex soccer fields looked suspicious. He was right. The plants, with their pretty white flowers and ...

Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) has been increasing in Kentucky during the past several years. Although this plant was often seen along roadways, abandoned lots, fence rows, and other non-cropland ...

A forest of poison hemlock is growing around the Truckee River in Reno, Nev., and Washoe County officials are working to manage the plant that's best known for killing Socrates. The hardy, aggressive ...

I recently found a striking red shelf fungus while walking through a hemlock grove near my house. This was a beautiful shady woods with giant old hemlocks towering overhead and massive rotting stumps ...