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?
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?
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.