Well...this just came as a surprise. My friend has a cabin in Michigan that has a natural aquifer stream coming out of the ground. He made it all decorative with rocks and some wild plants that he found by a stream. I just showed him this and realized how lucky he was when he dug up the root bulbs and place the plant by his stream. Additionally he has been trimming it back to keep it looking nice. This video may have just saved his life. Can't express our thanks to you enough.

Wild carrot (daucus carota) is commonly called Queen Ann's Lace .

When my children were small I bought a house..that had two types of dangerous plants...one was hemlock and the other russian thistle. I did not want those plants on my property because of the children...so I got some plastic bags and enveloped each and every one of those plants (prior to them going to seed), ....and then uprooted them while they were inside the bags (Though I did use gloves, I did not have to touch them) By doing this, I completely eradicated both of the species in one season. They never grew there again.

I am a Native American Herbal Healer taught by my Father, & Grandfather. I have ALWAYS USED WILD, & SELF GROWN HERBS for Medicinal Purposes. While in HS, a friend of mine died from eating a Poison Hemlock root, Mistaking it for a Wild Carrot. When I got home from school, That Afternoon, I went to the Wooded Area around our house , to get samples of the two plants, ALSO Taking my Father With Me, (TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE DIGGING UP, & HANDLING, OF THE PLANTS!) I gave BOTH PLANTS, With Flowers, Leaves, Stems, & ROOTS To my Science Teacher, & they were put on Display in a WELL SECURED display case at the Center of the School. I was Shocked, at the time, to see how many people know NOTHING ABOUT HOW DEADLY some Plants are, OR, how to Identify them in the wild. I was also VERY SURPRISED by the fact that the people who were Teaching us were Utterly CLUELESS, about the Subjects they taught. More Teachers than Students Went to see The Display, as THEY had NO IDEA What The Plants Looked Like. To this day, I don't think ANYONE, other than My Teacher, is aware that I was the one who supplied the plants that were displayed. I found it unreal that I knew More about Plants than the People who were Supposed to be TEACHING US. UNFORTUNATELY, That's even more true today, than it was back then! Too Many Teachers Are, BOOK SMART, & BRAIN DEAD! TEACHING, has become so POLITICIZED, That our Kids are going through School and Graduating, while MANY of them Lack the ability to even Read a Basic Children's Book, or Write Basic Cursive.(Which is NO LONGER TAUGHT, in Public Schools!) I'm SO Glad That I Homeschool!

I’m glad there are sites like this to explain this sort of thing. When I was a teen in scouts, our scoutmaster told us about wild carrots and said the root can be eaten. He never mentioned that there was a lookalike called hemlock that was poison. Maybe he didn’t know. It gives me chills thinking I could have harvested some roots that I thought were wild carrots but instead were hemlock. I could have died. With something like this, if people are telling others about plants to harvest, and eat, from the outdoors, I would hope they’ve done their research and explain about lookalikes which may kill you!

Thank you for sharing this. I grew up around poison hemlock, but never have I seen the wild carrots. This is very interesting.

Well done. Thanks for the repetition. It really helps to drive the message home, and it's an important message.

Hi I'm using my husband's phone he is no longer with us. My name is Pam 👋 So isn't there someone to report these dangerous plants to so they can remove them should I say IF they can be removed ? They say that poison hemlock is spreading like crazy here in California. I'm trying to learn to spot wild carrot vs hemlock. Thank you for this video it's been very helpful 🙋‍♀️🥕

I remember when I moved back to our family’s small farm in Indiana I used to make wildflower bouquets for our kitchen table. I loved Queen Anne’s Lace. Come to find out it wasn’t that plant but hemlock I was using. I liked the taller plants. I still remember seeds dropping on the table next to my young daughter’s plate and just brushing them off! I shudder now thinking back!

This is a very good video explaining the difference between the wild carrot vs hemlock plants. I didn’t know about the white pith for white carrots.

Fantastic video at showing us the difference between the harmless wild carrot and the deadly water hemlock! Thanks for the demo and upload!

Happy widows know where wild hemlock grows!

In the last 2 years l've been learning about natural medicine and wild edibles. Taking my time of course and getting familiar with what works for me. I'd like to thank you for making this video and sharing as l can now help those around me learn and enjoy what l know and enjoy and help others avoid unnecessary danger. 🙏😊❤👍

This was hands down the most helpful video I've found on these beautiful plants. I was able to identify what is growing in my wildflower garden with confidence. Thankfully, its wild carrot. I had really begun to believe it might be one of the hemlocks. The hollow stem and smell were the clue. I will head out again and check the back of the leaves. But I'll be subscribing as you were so clear and thorough. Many thanks!

Very informative and easy to remember. Thank You!

Very informative thank you so much for your time and knowledge!

I hope you’re still making videos. This is amazing!!

Great info... thanks!!!!

I don't know much about plants and everything, but I do know about this - the probable reason why some of your students don't smell it and some people like you can, is probably down to genetics if I were to take a guess. It's the reason why some people hate vegetables because they have a bitter taste to them, but people like me have no problem because I don't taste it at all. There's actually a nice test that we did in biology where you took a strip of paper that has certain tastes on it, but depending on your genetic makeup it will taste differently to you - for example, salty or sweet, sour or nothing.

Helpful video. Thanks.

Very nicely done video. Anyone, even a novice, could tell the difference between these plants after watching your video. I'm not sure I've seen a water hemlock in my life since I've lived most of my life in the southwest US, but I feel confident now that I could tell the difference. And, I know now that even touching the water hemlock can sicken or kill you. Thanks for doing the video

Very informative video.

Thank you 🕊️

Great information, thanks for sharing!!

Thanks!

thank you

Amazing video

I know this is 4 years old, but I’ve identified copious amounts of wild carrot on my property and feel confident in that identification with help from your informative video, as well as five other state university extension publications. I don’t want to mess this one up! My question: now that you’ve used your knife on the hemlock, how would you go about cleaning it?

From what I learned, wild carrot is found in dry, sunny areas, whereas hemlock is found in wet areas

"And He who makes kittens, puts snakes in the grass." Jethro Tull. Be careful! Makes a good case for herbicides, lol. Greetings from "Mayberry" North Carolina. We have all the good and evil weeds down here!

I had no idea. Thank you. I assume that water hemlock grows in the vicinity of water, of which we have very little, if any ,in dry Italy. I pick Queen Ann's Lace all the time here. I think I'd better take a closer look.

Awesome

I would be reluctant to squash the stems since the sap is so poisonous.

I've been pulling up Hemlock for several years on my property, and had no idea what it was. This year it is really thick around a tree in my front yard. I found out what it was one day when my daughter was in town and told me what it is. She raises chickens, so I'm sure that is what it is as she is avid about what her chickens eat, and studies all about raising chickens. But, that said there must be a bird that eats the seeds as the Hemlock is growing in a circle around a tree in my yard. It had been out by the street before now and I just pulled it up each year and threw it in a ravine that is by the road, my property, too. It's actually pretty when it blooms tons of white flowers but I wish I had pulled it all up before it went to seed. I just wonder what bird planted it for me, that has to be the answer as most of the plants are in a circle around that one tree.

Hi. Thank you for the video 😊 what if a plant one wants to forage is growing next to a hemlock plant? Should it be avoided? Thank you.

From watching your video, I'm nearly certain that what I found is purplestem angelica. The roots smell of carrot

I think the trick is if you are going to try and find wild eatables learn what you are looking for. we really can't blame a plant for making you sick if you did not learn plants first.

At 42 sec I see an English shepherd in the stream that looks very similar to mine!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It seems to me that Water Hemlock should be called poison hemlock as well since it is poison. It could be confusing for novice like me going by the name.

Thank you so very much. I've been trying to hunt wild carrots, to no avail! Poison hemlock is ALL we have here. Water hemlock, although abundant, is useless. Wild onions, baby as they may be, are beyond abundant. Wild carrots w/taters would be unbelievable. Got a deer recipe?

Thanks. Scary.

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The wild carrot is very similar in appearance to Queen Anne's Lace

What are the other 6?

I spend hour’s removing poison hemlock from our acreage here in the Black Hills.

Are these ‘leaves of three’?

We called wild carrot , Queen Anne’s Lace.

I gathered maybe wild carrot...but now I am afraid maybe was not that, even if mostly it seems the wild carrot. Is too dangerous and not worth the risk if mistaken it with hemlock. I put the plant in the garbage.

Great video though not keen on the music.

Good Video Man . Even if you did scare the Hell out of me : yarrow favors that too. SHIT : (

honey made from small amounts of this plant ... any info? thx

Is wild carrot the same as chigger flowers by the old folks? I have patches of them that grows on my top lot if I don't keep the grass cut close. It also has a strong minty smell. Doesn't break me out like poison hemlock. That's a whole lot worse than poison ivy. Now poison sumac doesn't even bother me. I used to play in it as a kid. Cow weed however broke me out.

All my life , I've always heard it called Chigger Weed.. Now I know

I'm learning that water Hemlock looks similar to Elderberry

This man was scared to death and acting like a little child trying to hurt the poisonous plant with his little knife that got covered with hemlock sap that he couldn't clean in the field and brought back and contaminated his clothes. He might have suffered poisoning subsequent to his video.

Identifying wild carrots is not a beginner plant to forage. It can be dangerous. Make sure you are 150% sure before sticking it in your mouth.

Carrots are orange but they aint poisonous. Still gotta be careful tho cause theyre easy to choke on 😐

It must have a purpose in the grand design of nature. Growing on banks? I have to wonder if it might have something to do with the oxygen, PH, in the water. Research for me.

that water hemlock looks a lot like elder berry. yikes