Difference between Poison Hemlock and California Fern

POISON HEMLOCK vs CALIFORNIA FERN: NOUN

A highly poisonous plant (Conium maculatum) in the parsley family, native to Eurasia and Africa and widely naturalized in North America, having a stout stem, bipinnately compound leaves, and compound umbels of small white flowers.
Large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

Large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

Tansy, Cocklebur, Rhizomatous, Crown vetch, Stinging nettle, Monkshood, Asclepias, Pokeweed, Poison sumac, Winter fern, Poison parsley, Nebraska fern, Conium maculatum, California fern, Hemlock

Acrostichum aureum, Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava, Pityrogramma chrysophylla, Sequoia, Coyote, Calliope, Abalone, Coffee fern, Pellaea andromedifolia, Nebraska fern, Conium maculatum, Poison parsley, Winter fern, Hemlock, Poison hemlock

Juglone, Bladderwort, Cow parsnip, Wood sorrel, Leafminer, Jewelweed, Highbush cranberry, Tansy, Rhizomatous, Crown vetch, Stinging nettle, Monkshood, Asclepias, Pokeweed, Poison sumac

Ocotillo, Manzanita, Humpback, Garrupa, Eucalyptus, Darlingtonia, Cucumber, Clover, Cestraciont, Baya, Arctostaphylos, Golden fern, Sequoia, Coyote, Calliope

Four hundred years before the birth of Christ, Socrates, the renowned Greek Philosopher, drank the poison hemlock and lay down to die.
Poison Hemlock is in Full Flower and Towering over Fields and Landscapes in Ohio.
Locoweed Conium maculatum Poison hemlock Lathyrus odoratus Sweet pea Lupinus sericeus Lupine, Bluebonnet Nicotiana spp.
Poison hemlock stems are smooth and spou01a8ed purple, not hairy or ridged.
Athenian law prescribed death by drinking a cup of poison hemlock.
Seed germination ecology of poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
Poison hemlock appears very similar to wild carrot.