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Despite its common name, not a 🌲︎ coniferous treehemlock genus Tsuga, although someone once thought their crushed foliage 👃︎ smelled similar.
Instead, poison hemlock is a herbaceous plant, part of 🥕︎ carrot/celery/parsley family Apiaceae.
Native to 🇪🇺 Europe and northern Africa. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key). Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) ☠︎ Poisonous[?] to 👥︎ humans and livestock. And causes birth defects. ☠︎ Poisonous[?] to 👥︎ humans (all parts of plant).
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🏠︎ terrestrial 🌾︎ herbaceous plants
hemlock genus Tsuga