DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Hemlock (Conium maculatum) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Conium maculatum L. |  Hemlock plant |
Common name: | Hemlock | |
Status: | Regionally Controlled in the Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East and West Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Wimmera, Glenelg-Hopkins and East Gippsland CMAs. | |
Habitat: | Humid and subhumid temperate regions where it is usually found in shaded sites on moist fertile loam soils (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is a weed of waste places, creek banks and low-lying pastures (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Hemlock invades lowland grassland and grassy woodland, riparian vegetation, and warm temperate rainforest (Carr et al 1992). |
Related Links
Further information on the Hemlock can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes
Weed Identification Note for Hemlock - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc.
 Hemlock flower heads (image courtesy Andy Steed) |  Splotchy colouration on hemlock stems |
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This document was last reviewed on 04/09/2008