Hemlock vs cow parsley. How to tell the difference. School of the Wild

Cow Parsley Vs Hemlock. Hedge Parsley Vs Hemlock Big Differences To Know Smell is vital, and I personally believe that every single plant has a unique smell This belief does not come from some hippy-trippy woowoo understanding of the world, but from my experience travelling overseas and meeting indigenous plantwalkers.

Where it's easiest to tell the two apart is the leaf stem, cow parsley is celery shaped, if you look down a cross-section of the stems there's only a small hole, (so if it would make a good pea shooter it's more likely you've got a stick of hemlock!) the smell of cow parsley is much nicer too, living up to its name and having a mild parsley smell to it! This belief does not come from some hippy-trippy woowoo understanding of the world, but from my experience travelling overseas and meeting indigenous plantwalkers.

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However, at the weekend we ran a Wild Foods course at Nethergong Campsite and there was loads of hemlock growing amongst the cow parsley alongside a ditch and we were able to take some photos How to tell the difference between edible cow parsley/ wild chervil and the poisonous hemlockSubscribe for more videos on foraging, bushcraft and wild food c. Hemlock prefers damp places but can grow just about.

Cow parsley identification, edibility, distribution, comparison with Hemlock Galloway Wild Foods. However, at the weekend we ran a Wild Foods course at Nethergong Campsite and there was loads of hemlock growing amongst the cow parsley alongside a ditch and we were able to take some photos This belief does not come from some hippy-trippy woowoo understanding of the world, but from my experience travelling overseas and meeting indigenous plantwalkers.

Hemlock *avoid* easily mistaken for Cow Parsley if you don’t know the difference Cow Parsley. Hemlock has distinctive purple splashes on the stems They both belong to the Umbelliferae family or the Carrot/Celery family of plants - one to be very careful of! So how do you tell the difference? Firstly, the old adage: if you're not 100% sure, don't pick it! Hemlock: - smells like mouse pee