On The Hunt For Poisonous Plants 

I'd love to go plant exploring with this guy in the wilderness where I live! I was a software engineer for over 25 years and now I want to become an expert in Botany and primitive survival skills :-)

I love that you include the history lesson, along with the medicinal properties of each plant. Did you say you're working on a book?

I just love how you are still smiling, even when you're talking about the poisonous properties of a plant. That shows some profound enthusiasm. 👍🏼

I like this guy, he's super smart and interesting, and his voice is pleasant to listen to

I love how you called it "the cancer industry"

Amazing how much knowledge you have. You’re doing a great job, I enjoy watching and hope more people watch your videos.

This is what you're like when you do what makes you happy.

Thank you for educating us... without people like you, vital knowledge would wither and die.

OK brother..now I'm hooked! Just got back from a forage of (obviously) early stinging nettle plants (Brennessel here in Germany) Its EVERYWHERE! Combined with Liposomal Vitamin C my mother in law's cancer has no chance!

I have no idea where you learned to put out top notch videos but you are highly talented. Great channel!

It doesn’t take much to cause harm. Several years back a friend in Turkey was wanting to harvest sicleweed which is a popular herb, but got some poison hemlock in it as well. He made a sauce with it and his friends were (luckily) in a hurry and all had just a spoonful to taste it. Within 5-10 minutes they were reeling. One made herself vomit as soon as she realized something was up; the others were out on the street; they immediately went to the hospital. Luckily they’d only had a taste, so they just kept them there for observation for an hour or so. Definitely not a plant to mess around with.

Thank you Adam! Plants are so miraculous, one can kill, one can heal. I love the look of the doll's eye plant- perfect name!

Hey Adam just wanted to thank you Bro. I ate my first chicken of the wood last weekend and to my surprise the texture is just like chicken wow. My 8 year old spotted it from 10 yards away so we went to check it out and when we got close to it we realized that someone had already gotten to them first but then as we looked up the tree there it was 15 ft up and looking fresh as ever. So we proceeded to look for a long stick or branch to get them down and with a little ingenuity we knocked them down and were able to take them home and cooked them, hmm delicious. Sorry for the rant but that was a lot of fun. Also we found what i thought was honey mushroom but after a spore print test I realized that it was a deadly galerina whoo close call. Anyways thank you

Adam Haritan blows my mind with the knowledge of plants and their uses, along with the identification of plant. If I were ever lost in the wilderness I would deficiently want him along for survival. Great job Adam.

This is great. Concise, informative, and clear. Thank you for producing!

I'm new to foraging, not confident enough yet to actually trust what I might forage, I'm trying to start with plants/mushrooms that do not have poisonous cousins....I'm also new to your channel and all of these comments about how awesome your videos are...they are completely true! Thank you! I'm a science geek and love that you are really telling us about the plant completely,not just the color shape and size and characteristics. 😁

*TABLE OF CONTENTS* 0:51 Poison Hemlock [Conium Maculatum] 5:35 White Baneberry [Actaea Pachypoda] 9:25 Canada Yew [Taxus Canadensis]

I'm a very old " plant guy", I've always been fascinated by the vegtal world. This young man is a treasure. He will more so in the very near future. Show your children his videos, take notes(on paper,) make drawings to help your harvesting. Don't plan on ," the grid" always bring there.

I can’t get enough of this fellas information and catching enthusiasm

Great content. Love your stuff. Very well done! 👍👍👍👍

Another connection to toxicity of yews is the effect it had on bowyers. One of the best woods for making longbows and traditionally lead to significant health issues to those who worked with it. Cheers!

When I was a kid, I used to eat a LOT of Yew berries, but NEVER the seeds. IMHO, one of the better tasting berries in North America.

An interesting Yew history: The English bowmen at the Battle of Agincourt, under King Henry, engaged the French. Their weapon of choice, the English Longbow was handmade from the Yew. Their pull weight was reputed to be over 150 pounds. Pretty deadly.

I've done a comparison video on poison hemlock vs. queen anne's lace vs. yarrow which is rather helpful for those who might confuse this pant with those very useful plants for any who are interested. Native cultures were very good at using plants we now consider poisonous, it just shows their expertise with the plants around them. Good video Adam and congrats on your success here on RU-vid!

Thanks! You have made my back yard much more interesting. I love that you include chemistry in your video's.

Thank you Adam, I could listen to you til the cows come home. You know your stuff.

KC Nicolaou was the first to devise a total synthesis of Pacitaxel in 1993! I’ve met him and he’s a great man and chemist. Never knew it came from pacific yews. Super interesting!

I always liked finding out things to eat but it's better get to know what to stay away from. Thank you for making these videos you provide a underappreciated value service to the community with your videos.

Thanks so much, Adam! You are a wealth of knowledge and I appreciate you sharing it with us! I learn slow, but I've already learned a few things from you that at 67 I know I won't forget!

So happy to see Luke has gotten past his issues with his father, he looks happy now.

I would also like to see the plants at different times of the year. For seasonal changes and identification. Great videos, great information! Bee Blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster's Ridge

I started seriously foraging this year as plants and mushrooms became more apparent to me, but I began this spring identifying and noting the white snake root and hemlock

I downloaded a free plant identification app which I find helpful. Moreover, I’m so glad I found this informative young man. He definitely knows his plants and explains what he knows about them in a way we can comprehend easily. Thank you for that.

So many plants so little time, thank you Adam once again.

I love your channel man. I am learning so much about the lands around me.

Love your passion about plants and nature...makes it so easy to learn...you are a good teacher

Around the front of the house I grew up in, we had these bushes that would put out red berries with a green spot in the middle. I jokingly called them "reverse olives" referring to green olives with the red pimentos stuffed inside. I never knew what the name of those bushes were. Now I know they were Canada Yews. Thank you My mother had a massive stroke during her second bag of Taxol chemo treatment. It wiped out most of her ability to talk, killed her right arm and hand rendering it useless and severely weakened her right leg. She could not swallow thin liquids nor could she eat solid foods. Everything had to be mushed if it was food. If it was a thin liquid like coffee, it had to be thickened up or she would choke on them and aspirate and get them in her lungs instead of the stomach. She subsequently died from the taxol just weeks later. It's nothing to play around with.

Hmmm, the hemlock might explain why our chickens never like the wild carrot weeds we throw to them. Maybe they have an instinct to avoid similar plants. Great info!

" not a a very pleasant way to experience the afterlife in my opinion" I love it.

Thanks for the vids! New to your channel but I’m loving it, you are very passionate about plants and their uses and enjoy learning, that’s a formula I can get on board with!!

Always good information! Thanks Adam

I love visiting the alleghany national forest and look at the fauna. your videos are very informative and well narrated. Great job! I look forward to seeing the next one!

Thank you!! always giving great info!!

I love the way you break it down so we can understand. This is a worthy channel

Can't miss hemlock because the smell is awe-full, it smells like green cilantro (IMO)...I noticed it doesn't care for direct sunlight...I have a patch of woods on my property that has lot's of poisonous/toxic plants on it along with lots of spiky ones it's conveniently a natural barrier between me and the outside world, I leave it alone because of that, :)

Growing up in the 50's, in suburbia (New York)... it was common to see those yew trees utilized as hedges. They were everywhere. Those red gooey berries would stain the side walks after the birds would feast on them. We picked them and threw them at each other.... We were repeatedly warned as kids to NEVER chew on those trees (or eat the berries). No one seemed to sweat the fact that so many poisonous plants were used for landscaping with all the tiny plant nibbling children everywhere. I never heard of any kids getting sick, at least in my neighborhood. Rarely ever (if ever) see them anymore as shrubs. Wow.. now I just learned that the red berries were actually EDIBLE the whole time... even though the seed center is toxic. Wonder what they taste like.

Just subscribed. I have watched a dozen or so of your videos. I really enjoy your style and simple, but quality productions. One video I was watching, looking at your surroundings, listening to the birds and stream and thought,’ that’s just like home’. I live just north of you near the confluence of the Big and Little Mahoning. Keep up the good work!

I like how knowledgeable you are about everything! straight down to the latin and non latin names, you really blow this outta the park my man.

Your very knowledgeable, Enjoy learning from you! Thanks for sharing

Packed full of great info. Thank you!👌🏽.

Your knowledge of plants is clearly encyclopedic and your presentation is pertinent and precise. Thank you for helping to educate us about these plants!

THANKS FOR THIS INFO :D Love love ur video's :D

I CAN SEE AND YOU KNOW-THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO CONVEY !!!!!!!

great content! Thanks for sharing this!

I thank you for your knowledge and sharing with us.

A good vid is showing the various wild carrot family, and how they appear the same - but NOT THE SAME. Wild carrot, Queen Anne's Lace, wild hemlock, etc.

I cant understand why anyone would thumbs down this vid, the guy is only bright and very skilled????

Thank you for your time! You have to be one of the most informative on said subject on RU-vid.

Thanks mate, you are taking us all on a super journey on nature, which we had detached from , under the blanket of ,so called ' modern technology '. You make us aware of the fact that we have remedies in the nature , for all our physical and mental health problems! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge about them and for being generous enough to share it freely! Best wishes!

I am amazed with ur knowledge every time

Thank you for all of the information you have posted. It is very interesting. 🌈🎶💕

Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. It and you are greatly appreciated.

Interesting! Thank you for sharing!

Great videos, very informative Thanks

Doll's Eyes also occasionally comes in a red fruit. There are two up my road and the rest white.

Thank you for your videos. They're very educational and Entertaining . Great Job ! Great Show ! 👍

I love your videos, very informative & interesting..

Adam you know stuff and thank you for the edutainment. Stay awesome.

U r good @ this. I wanna hear more. Ty 4 being a good teacher.

My dad had the Yew plant around our house. I've seen them around other places as well. I'm so glad you spoke about the berries. I've eaten many of them except the seeds. Don't bite or swallow them. The berries are very sweet and tasty.

I love your show! You’re sooo smart!!

You do a great job dude, very well done

so glad i stumbled across your channel, you are such an amazing personality, with interesting and educational videos.

Love this video. Vey intetesting. I hope you do more.

Fantastic content .Adam Thank you for being you .All ways wonderful to watch your videos .Will be in Algonquin park this spring .I have been getting ready by watch your videos and many others .I am on Vancouver Island . We love it here but wish to see new lands .

Great to know. I wish you would have classes in my area in PA.

Thank you sir, wonderful info.

How could anyone give this guy a thumbs down! You rock man!!!!

Love the content and presentation. Thank you.I don't know a lot about wild plants but wish I did.

You need to write a book with all of this information on the benefits of forging wild edibles including their poison look alike.

Very interesting, I've seen a lot of those plants in Michigan woods.

This video will probably save some lives, thank you!

Great info and communication skill. You use the old English word save in place of except..neat. I am eating stinging nettle leaf daily since I watched your video 8 months ago. Thanks.

You Rock Adam keep them coming brother!!

You are a master teacher. Thanks partner

I'd love to forage more, but even though I almost have no neighbors where I live and a big open yard with countless plants and trees, I wish I had more wilderness to explore.

Awesome information bro.keep it up.thanks

Great video. Good information well presented. :)

Exelent explanation, and presentation 👍

I have lived in Indiana for all 30 years of my life and I grew up living out in the woods yet I have seen white baneberry exactly one time when I was a kid, I never understood how I never saw it again! I thought it was the weirdest plant I'd ever seen, and it probably still is the weirdest! Lol

Another great video!

Wow, what a knowledge base you got!

Good information. Thank yoy.

Great channel dude

Great video. I'll be looking up how to tell the difference between parsley and poison hemlock. They look so similar...

My friend had that in her forest around the house. Dolls eyes!

Awesome info.

I've come across the baneberry once up state n.y. I was pretty intrigued by its looks. Never knew what it was until now

Amazing video!!!!! Just subscribed

Awesome video my brother very informative :-)