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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Carrots, Ivies, and Allies
  6. Carrot Family
  7. Oenantheae
  8. Water Hemlocks

genus

Water Hemlocks

Cicuta

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Water Hemlock native
  • Cowbane present
  • Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock native
  • Western Water Hemlock native
  • Southern Water Hemlock native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native water hemlocks All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata caterpillars 5 food 11 flowers 186
  • Western Water Hemlock Cicuta douglasii caterpillars 3 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 7
  • Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock Cicuta bulbifera caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 14
  • Southern Water Hemlock Cicuta mexicana caterpillars 1 flowers 4

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