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Courtney's avatar

Never knew that about hemlocks! My knowledge of hemlock extends to “there’s poisonous hemlock and it can kill people”.

This past year made me realize how much I associate nature with white men. I’m glad you wrote something about a black naturalist and hiker. Did you checkout the #blackbirders week and other #blackinstem weeks on Twitter?

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Conor Gearin's avatar

I did, those were great initiatives! I hope they happen again this year.

Confusingly, there's also an herb called hemlock that's poisonous, which might be the one you're thinking of: https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=4365

This is the plant that they supposedly made Socrates drink.

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