Tall weed with small yellow flowers could be wild parsnip

Andrea Johnson
Aug 2, 2022
Aug 2, 2022

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Emilie Justen experienced the effect of touching wild parsnip long before most people in the Upper Midwest had heard of the weed. She hasn’t forgotten the pain.

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