This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Hemlock Water Parsnip.
Slum cicutaefolium. Is a similar species growing in wet places and also poisonous. It may be found from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
White, in broad clusters.
Compound 7 - 15 sharply toothed leaflets, but finely dissected when growing under water.
 
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