Hemlock and Queen Anne's Lace are both in the carrot family, Yarrow is not. It is in the Aster Family (Asteraceae). Still a good video in that you show the differences quite well. One thing that you might want to keep in mind is that all of those plants start off small, so size is not always a good indicator. A young 6" poison hemlock that also lacks much of the purple coloration, will still drop you deader than a door nail. That's why it is important to know all Identifiers: Leaf patterns, coloration, texture, size, odors and environment are all plant identifiers. Queen Anne's Lace smell identically to carrots, Yarrow has an odor of it's own and is easy to remember once you smell it. Get some Yarrow Tea and smell it. Hemlock is a different odor all together. They can all be found in the same environment and smaller plants can be confused with out knowing precisely what the leaf patterns are.

One of the better videos on identifying Yarrow, Queen Anns Lace, and Hemlock. Quality is fantastic and in focus close-ups which are a must if you to educate viewers. I hate these type videos where you cannot clearly see the difference in the plants which is of utmost importance.

I gather Queen Anne's Lace for natural dyeing of fiber and yarn. This video is the best at informing between the differences of QAL and hemlock. Thanks. Great job!

Queen Anne’s Lace looks like one flower like a shallow bowl - the others have a bunch of separate flowers growing out of one stem. easy to identify. :) thanks so much for the identification of the other two - glad i didn’t pick those as a kid!!! the only trouble with Queen Anne’s Lace, is that it closes up pretty quickly when you pick it. it was one of my favorite wild flowers along with daises and camomile (those tiny daises) 🌿🌼🌱 have a great day and keep safe 🌷🌿🌼🌱🌷

Good video. I think the 3 pronged spikes are called bracts. And I believe the Hemlock has small single pronged ones. Another identifier is that Hemlock leaves smell like the bottom of a hamster's cage.

If you cut a few flower stems from Queen Anne's lace and put them in a vase with water and a few drops of food coloring they will take up the color and the 'lace' will become that color. Of course, the more food color added to the water, the stronger the color of the flower will be.

great video , thanks for the clear , simple explanations, and the lack of distracting music

Excellent video! This really helped me identify these three plants clearly. Many thanks!

This was the best comparison that I've seen so far. Thank you. I'll be looking through the yard tomorrow.

Thank you for that. I just found a bunch of Yarrow in a lot that I am now sure of.

Your video reassured me that 2 of my chickens that died last week did not have access to poison hemlock, only to yarrow.

I really appreciate the detail comparison between the three plants and you went into a lot of stuff and you were very patient for new bit newbies. I've had an interest in flowers and plants for a long time now I have the time to look into it. I'm going to keep up with your blogs. and tell everybody I know about him. thanks 💀💀💀👍

Great Video! Thank you for the great identification differences. We love eating edible wild foods on our mountain homestead, but we definitely want to be safe...

The Yarrow shown is still in bud and opens nicely into a lovely umbrella shape made up of tiny white flowers.

thank you!!! my sister and I see queen anne's lace all over the place down in NJ (they're literally all over the place, and I've never seen that before!) we had picked a lot of them to make "flower crowns" but then I heard poison hemlock looks very similar to queen anne's and got so worried!

It's easy to spot the differences in the 2nd year of growth. I wish you'd show the 1 yr plants. No flower makes it tough to tell the differences.

Great video, we feel confident now being able to identify poison hemlock.

Thank you, I saw some plants in my pasteur and thought it was hemlock. I now know it is yarrow. Great job!

Thank you for the video, I had some young "weeds" growing in my backyard and they turned out to be hemlock after watching your video. I hope you washed your hands after touching the hemlock.

This is an old video so you may not see my comment but thank you for posting it. I'm going to try to identify yarrow in the wild.

I have been wanting to learn how to identify edible plants and also learn about noxious plant dangers ... I agree with comments about your very helpful videos - good work!

Thank you, this video helped me a lot. I've been trying to figure out what's all over my backyard - I'm far more certain that it's Queen Anne's Lace now. :)

Thank you for such a simple, concise and clear video! Great job!

Your very welcome and thank you that is really nice to hear. Yeah keep your eye out because it could hurt your animals also if you have any.

Thanks for the video! Yarrow is actually of the Daisy family (Compositae; Asteraceae), not carrot family. might be handy to know for people who quickly want to flick through their field guide to confirm ID.

Thank you very much. I feel a lot more comfortable with these plants now.

Fantastic Lucie I'm really glad my video helped you. Thanks for watching.

Not mentioned here but often grouped in eith these is wild parsley which has an eddible root, but the stalk and stems can give you quite a rash especially after exposed to sunshine.

Wow! thank u! I just was introduced to poison hemlock but from a distance. Also, I did not know the purple spot takes some time to appear.

Great video. You might have forgotten to mention that yarrow flowers SMELL completely different from Queen Anne's Lace, and Poison Hemlock.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am new to gardening and trying herbal remedies. This was an amazingly helpful video!

Thank you. This makes me feel much more comfortable foraging for yarrow around the neighborhood. Thank you for being so clear and to the point.

Great video resource. Clearest explanation I've seen.

You are welcome and thank you for watching. I hope I helped you.

Excellent video. Thank you for creating. So Super simple and easily explained, we used it for our cubscout den to learn to identify said plants. Keep up the great identification videos! You do them well.

Thank you for pointing out the difference.

Would have been nice to know off the get go that Yarrow was good to eat. But ... looked it up quick before finished your video. Thank you for the video

This was good- I found some Queen anne's lace and wanted to make sure its not Hemlock before I feed it to my rabbits.

good vid. Many thanks for showing the difference in these plants .

Thanks for sharing!

Great video, I would like to see more like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

California elderberry also looks similar. But it can grow to tree size.

Yikes. I was taught to never touch the stem, leaves or flowers of water hemlock as you may pick up an oil from the plant that could kill you if have a cut or you transfer the chemical to something you are eating, a sandwich say, before washing your hands. Did you suffer any ill effects from doing this?

Hello! I just finished ur video, I wish u’d have shown underneath the yarrow and hemlock as well, and same size plants (hemlock was younger than the other two) I have watched many videos that explained only one plant. and have always wished someone would show all 3 together (makes for better comparison) Thank u. On the many other videos that describe Queen Ann’s Lace, said that not all plants have a dot (flower) on them. Thank u

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Everything is great except one glaring mistake early on. Yarrow is not in the Apiaceae Family like Poison Hemlock and Queen Anne's lace. Yarrow is a Composite - it's in Asteraceae.

Oh goodness....I apparently have been using poison hemlock in my flower arrangements 🙄😳

Ok best video I have seen on wild carrot so far . I know most of the identifiers but I was wondering does yarrow and hemlock have those little spiky leaves underneath the flower head like the carot does.thanks for anybody's input.

Wonderful film, helped me out.

This was so awesome! Thank you!

Very cool vid. Thanks.

GreT visuals. Very helpful.

Am I right in saying that hemlock has a groove down the stems? Thanks for the vid. I'm almost confident enough to eat a wild carrot.

Great! Now learning and though perhaps yarrow was what the plant is but notice it has the poison hemlock leaves. Flowers already dried up but also should show but yes those leaves are really different. These ones kind of narrow also then fatter then at the tip to a point and from a stem not like yarrow right on. the stem.Thanks! So many medicine plants but one better know what exactly it is. Like critters some are a bit more than just dangerous for humans.

Just found and replanted yarrow.

Thank you so very much

excellent video, isn't it dangerous to touch poison hemlock ? you touched it here

this is aa great video! thank you so much!

Hey thx very helpful

Great video , thank you .

great video

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Thanks for the helpful video distinguishing the three species. I saw in another video though where you’re not supposed to touch poison hemlock without some kind of adverse reaction. Is that true? If so, hope you’re okay!

I have poison hemlock thanks to previous home owners that planted it along the house. Now it is taking over my backyard. How do I get rid of it? Also, before this, I have touched them many times, pulling them out of the ground with no ill effects. I am guessing it is only poisonous if you eat it? Thanks for the feedback and the excellent video. Location, Washington state.

Once you identify QAL growing all over the yard and spreading, can I rest assured there is no poison hemlock interspersed?

I could see a beginner confusing a species of Angelica with poison hemlock.

When I seen you touching the poison hemlock I thought I remembered someone told me you can become deathly ill from just touching it, is that not true?

Thank you for this !

Why would you not compare all of the features of all of the plants side by side.

Poison hemlock at 2.28

My motto stay away from anything you don’t plant yourself!

"they come right off of a main branch instead of off of the stem". I cannot figure out how this is different from the other 2 plants.

Real good info

I have something like those plants, except the leaves aren't fernlike, the stalk isn't hairy, no spots though either, but it has the white umbrellas..what could it be?

When trying to show the purple markings on hemlock you should have looked from the sun lit side of the plant. On the shady side you just don't see those markings at all. Yarrow is not a manger of the carrot.family.

the queen has hairy legs

Isn't water hemlock smaller but even deadlier?

good info thanks

Is there any way to tell these three from Hogweed? There's been a bit of that in the news lately.

When is the best time to harvest the root of qal? Thx!

Hey Chris, you're wrong on the family for Yarrow. It is part of the Aster family, NOT the Carrot family. Poison Hemlock and Queen Anne's Lace ARE in the Carrot family. If teaching others, you should have the correct info. !!!

Why are you touching poison hemlock with your hands?

I love wild carrot

I am curious about drying to sell on eBay

ive got a semi-hairy stock

Queen Ann’s lace has hairy legs

Why are you touching the poison hemlock??? 😱

Yarrow is NOT a member of the carrot family... Sorry, dude.