BushcraftOz | The Australian Bushcraft Forum
This forum is currently closed to new user registrations. You are welcome to browse the forum as a guest and existing users may still login with their existing credential's to post on the forum.
-
As of the 01/01/2023 the Bushcraft Oz Forum is now closed and has been placed in Archive mode. New Posts and Post Replies have been disabled but existing content can still be viewed. For more information please see the following post for more infomation. It is our goal to retain the wondeful contributions to the Bushcraft community over the years and a more appropriate way of displaying this is being considered for the future so the information is not lost. A perminent web archive of the forum state as of 30 Jan 2022 has been captured and can be viewed herea>.
Thank you all for a wonderful adventure and for your contributions over the years!
Plant Hemlock?
- Thread starter Lifecraft
- Start date
Not sure, but it certainly could be.
A very general advice for foraging is to avoid anything which looks like its in the "carrot" family !
Did you see the stems ? Hemlock has blotchy purple marks on the stems
Internet photo:
This is part of the written description which I have:
Stems: strong, hairless, hollow except at nodes, longitudinally grooved; pale green, blotched with purple and emitting an offensive odour when damaged.
Leaves: Fern- or carrot-like, 12 to 25 cm long but up to 50 cm, hairless, alternate, emitting a strong, acrid ('mousey') odour when crushed.
A very general advice for foraging is to avoid anything which looks like its in the "carrot" family !
Did you see the stems ? Hemlock has blotchy purple marks on the stems
Internet photo:
This is part of the written description which I have:
Stems: strong, hairless, hollow except at nodes, longitudinally grooved; pale green, blotched with purple and emitting an offensive odour when damaged.
Leaves: Fern- or carrot-like, 12 to 25 cm long but up to 50 cm, hairless, alternate, emitting a strong, acrid ('mousey') odour when crushed.
Lifecraft
John McDouall Stuart
I didn't take enough notice of the stems. I'll have a better look next time I'm in that area.
The purple blotches is a good indicator I need to remember. Thanks for pointing that one out.