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CAN YOU TELL THESE APART?
One makes syrup. The other is the most toxic plant in North America
SAFE
elderberry
Sambucus nigra
flat-topped flower clusters, purple-black berries in drooping clusters
LETHAL
water hemlock
Cicuta maculata
similar umbrella-shaped flowers, chambered rootstock
How to tell them apart
Purple-black berry clusters = elderberry. Carrot-smell root with chambers = water hemlock.
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