Western water hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) is a perennial native to the northwest portion of North America. It is the most poisonous plant on the continent. The toxin cicutoxin found in western ...

[PEELING BARK] Just like when you hear of the pyramids ... The stands at the time of the fire were overwhelmingly stocked with western hemlock, grand fir So we were primarily expecting to get ...

Said Zellerbach: “Three decades ago, the western hemlock was considered little more ... Timber Co. processes out of Douglas fir bark, flows like cement, then hardens, can be nailed like wood.

Due to their similar names, the deadlier western water hemlock is sometimes confused with poison hemlock. Convulsions are a common sign of western water hemlock poisoning, although convulsions ...

Western red cedar and western hemlock are not drought-tolerant, Kohler said. And research suggests much of the red cedar mortality is drought-driven. Meanwhile, bark beetles often take advantage ...

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development recently verified a new detection of invasive hemlock woolly adelgid near Torch Lake in western Antrim County. The extent ...

It is most common in central and western Ohio. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “Poison hemlock isn’t like poison ivy or poison oak. You usually won’t get a rash from touching it.