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nothing growing on the lanes at all except this





what is it please anyone know?

it just looks like a wild fern to me :rolleye:

non edible?

i'd say non edible but wait to see if someone can identify it properly
not much help am i? :rolleye:

I've no idea! A google search says wild fern, too. If it infact *is* a wild fern, it's non-edible.

(03-21-2010 01:46 PM)tortoise_dude Wrote: [ -> ]I've no idea! A google search says wild fern, too. If it infact *is* a wild fern, it's non-edible.

It looks to me like hedge parsley or cow parsley. If so it is not toxic but given that it is very similar to hemlock, which would definitley kill, I avoid it like the plague. At this time of year there is loads of it about in its young form in the hedgerows.
Hope this helps

was wortha check!

i thought it was hedge parsley at first too and i even considered senna but the conclusion i came to: fern

It looks to me like hedge parsley or cow parsley. If so it is not toxic but given that it is very similar to hemlock, which would definitley kill, I avoid it like the plague. At this time of year there is loads of it about in its young form in the hedgerows.
Hope this helps
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Mature hemlock



Cow Parsley at flowering stage - looks same as hemlock before flowers appear.



More cow parsley

should have seen me today in the bushes!! good job noone saw me i'd have been arrested.

the dog was sat on the path watching me like i was mad,...