Neither poison hemlock nor wild parsnips are native to Ohio, but both of the invasive species are here to stay and can be dangerous if you encounter or ingest them. The plants thrive in continuously ...

Out on the wetlands at the end of Industrial Boulevard in early July, Lincoln’s sparrows and savannah sparrows were everywhere, chipping and flitting. Shorebirds were foraging in the sloughs at low ...

A patch of wild parsnip plant looks like flowers, but anyone unfortunate enough to pick one from the ground will quickly learn it's not. The plant is typically spotted in areas with overgrown grass, ...

Often referred to as poison parsnip, wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a biennial plant, native to Asia and Europe. It’s widely accepted that wild parsnip plants are actually descended from ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Wildlife officials are ringing the alarm about the wild parsnip plant -- despite its pretty blooms, it can cause big, painful blisters that last for months. The wild parsnip has been ...

Summer is the time of the year when plants fight back and try to get even with us for all that mowing, trimming, spraying and pulling we do to them. Our weed trimmers work quite well on most plants as ...

Of all the people I know, I suspect Joe Derek is the only one who would reach out to tell me he has 50 cow parsnip plants growing in his yard. I did not initially share his excitement for them, at ...

When the rash a young woman had on her leg after falling into a parsnip plant transformed into a viscous burn emphasized by a yellow puss-filled blister the size of a tennis ball, she knew something ...