UNION, IA -- When you venture outside this summer, be on the lookout for Wild Parsnip. The poisonous weed grows in nearly all 50 states and causes burning and itching sensations. Parsnip looks like a ...

A prolific and poisonous plant has made Bill Smiley hesitant to participate in favorite summer activities, like walks in natural areas and picking wild berries. The Portage attorney said he’d heard, ...

BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - Wright County is fighting an infestation of wild parsnip, a weed whose sap can cause blisters and scars. The DNR says wild parsnip has been a problem in southeastern Minnesota ...

Weeds are already a frustrating nightmare for some green thumbs. Now there are two weeds to beware of while you’re gardening this summer. At this time of the year, poison hemlock and wild parsnips ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Watch your step when you pull off the road. That's the warning from state environmental officials to people who want to avoid a burning, blistering itch that could last for ...

Poison hemlock, a deadly plant that can cause respiratory failure and death, is spreading throughout the U.S. Contact herbicides are the safest way to control poison hemlock, as all parts of the plant ...

That parsnip, like a lot of us, has some wild cousins. And those wild parsnips, which show up along Illinois roadways, at the edges of parking areas, in vacant lots or anywhere weeds flourish this ...