What’s going on out on the land?
White-tailed Deer consuming Water Hemlock
White-tailed Deer consume a lot of different things. It seems everytime I see some Deer browse, it appears to be a new forb, shrub, or tree which I hadn’t seen a Deer browse before. I wanted to look into the foods which Deer browse more generally, but also focus on a new discovery of Deer browse on the aerial parts of Water Hemlock.
Exploring Water Hemlock
I have had a long curiosity regarding Water Hemlock ever since I had heard of it. Perhaps the most toxic plant on Turtle Island/North America. Of course I would be enamoured! I misidentified it for a couple of years thinking I knew who they were, but it wasn’t until the past four or five years that I began taking a closer look, seeking them out, learning the lore, and reading the sometimes sparse literature on the plant. This post is an effort to collect my thoughts and learning, along with a couple of good photographs.