Whether you’re hiking, gardening or just enjoying the outdoors, dangerous plants — such as giant hogweed and wild parsnip, among others — can be found in many different parts of the U.S. Here’s what ...

As if you needed another reason to stay inside this summer: A Vermont woman literally just brushed up against a plant and wound up with some pretty serious blisters. Photo credit: Charlotte Murphy ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(KTHV) -- A poisonous plant you may not recognize can cause a painful reaction if you come into contact with it. Wild parsnip is growing in parts of the state right now and it's ...

ANNANDALE, Minn. (WCCO)-- We have all heard the warnings to stay away from poison ivy, and we know the dangers if we do not. But there is a lesser-known plant in Minnesota that is potentially more ...

Giant hogweed gets the headlines, but wild parsnip causes more headaches. The spindly plant with yellow-green flowers is all over the place, it’s uncontrollable, and it has a bite. “We have a lot of ...

A Vermont woman is warning her followers about the dangers of wild parsnip after the plant gave her the equivalent of second-degree chemical burns on her legs Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at ...

Neither poison hemlock nor wild parsnips are native to Ohio, but both of the invasive species are here to stay and can be dangerous if you encounter or ingest them. The plants thrive in continuously ...

This past week I had the honor to sit with Steve Hughes of WZLP on his radio program called “Kick’n Clods with Kermit.” I was the guest. Our topic was on invasive and poisonous plants, and we talked ...

Lots of readers have been asking about cow parsnip after seeing a couple of articles repeatedly splash across all their news feeds this month. The first was an article was about a gentleman who ...

When Charlotte Murphy slid into some brush while walking along a road in Vermont, she stood back up, brushed herself off and continued on her way. But her stumble came back to haunt her days later, in ...

A Vermont woman wound up with severe blisters after coming into contact with a wild parsnip plant. Charlotte Murphy posted about her experience on Facebook, saying the blisters showed up about a week ...