| 1. | Another reliable method to identify water hemlock is to examine the leaf veins.
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| 2. | This root structure allows the water hemlock to adapt and survive wet conditions.
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| 3. | Water hemlock is most abundant in British Columbia, and is indigenous to North America.
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| 4. | Hundreds of plants _ parsley, water hemlock, early goldenrod _ seem to have vanished.
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| 5. | Water hemlock is considered one of North America's most toxic plants, being highly poisonous to humans.
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| 6. | Water hemlock has a branched root systems with tubules, while poison hemlock has a single tap root.
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| 7. | Seed dispersal for water hemlock seeds comes from means of wind, water, machinery, on clothing, and through transported soil.
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| 8. | Ingestion of water hemlock " "'in any quantity " "'can result in death or permanent neurological damage of the central nervous system.
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| 9. | One gram of water hemlock per kilogram of weight will kill a sheep and 230 grams is sufficient to kill a horse.
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| 10. | The common name hemlock waterparsnip is an alternate common name due to its similarity to spotted water hemlock ( " Cicuta maculata " ).
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