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Thank you thank you thank you for this video. I grabbed some berries on my way home and went to search what they were, and saw people confused water hemlock for elderberry! I couldn't find water hemlock berries to compare them to, so when you said they turn into seeds, not fruit I felt so much better! David the Good saves the day again 😅

Hey, thanks for making this video. I see elderberry growing every place. I have always been hesitant about picking it because I was concerned about it might be hemlock. This really helped. Thank you.

Great video. We have lots of elderberry on our mountain homestead...I don't believe that any of the plants are the Water Hemlock, since we are up on the mountain, but I wanted to make sure I knew the difference since I understand that the two grow together and I did not want to take any chances...Thank you sooo much for making this video...

Just starting with elderberry this year. propagated some from a bush I found at an estate sale! you never know what you will find at estate sales...Peace! Subbed too

1:10 so calm

good information. We are growing elderberries this year.

Cool vid 💯

It's funny how people confuse these two plants. I've never in 100 years seen any similarity, except for white flowers.

Water hemlock (I think it's also called hogweed?) can also be confused with Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot). Careful people!

Ever tried growing Ranch Elderberry in Fl.? Im in central west coast Fl. and trying to grow it here.

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I found a curious tree with black berries falling off on a pathway. This may be a wild tree or something that the caretakers planted. It also used to be a neighborhood back about 100 years ago but those houses are all gone now and nature has reclaimed the area minus the pathway. Some Adams Needle from these houses are still around. I thought perhaps they were Elderberries but I guess they are not because these have big pits in them. Any guess what it might be? People had walked on them, squishing them and insects like yellow jackets were sucking up the juice. Like I said, the most distinctive thing about this fruit was the large single pit. More pit than fruit in fact. Its like a bead. From your description, its not Water Hemlock either. I live in Northeastern Connecticut if that helps…..

Aren't you not supposed to touch hemlock?

So your water hemlock looks like Queen Ann's lace or wild carrots which I've eaten the roots of only. So now I'm confused.

Is that the Western Hemlock or the other one? The one I have smells really bitter. Before I knew what it was, I pulled it from a flower bed and got headaches (thought it was from the sun). Even my neighbor thought it was a wild carrot, so I crushed a leaf for her, just a small one, so she could smell the bitterness. Not carrot like at all. But one thing I have learned is, it is important not to get it on your skin - it can soak through.

That's hilarious the two don't even look close try water hemlock and queen annes lace also known as wild carrot seed. ..which also produce actual wild carrots. I'm not too sure you know what you're talking about. I eat the wild carrots out of my yard all the time.

#WhoNamedWildCarrot @#QueensLace @#AnnaQuinlans @#LocciaHemlock

We just call it poison hemlock. It smells bad/strong. They don’t look much alike to me.

Thank you for the education, you answered query; but rambled on to much.