I can't touch it... do to contact dermatitis... fiance rips it out for me all the time... it is fast growing with all the rain we have been getting.

one might suspect.. that if they are growing all over the trees in the forest.. that they have some invasive qualities.. and perhaps you might not want to be bringing such potential monsters into your garden ... free is not always a good thing... compare with autumn sweet clematis.. at link... and read up on invasiveness... mine just started blooming here in MI ... so that MIGHT rule out such for you.. since.. well.. its leaves dont match.. lol ... nor its flowering period.. my point.. apparently if i have one.. lol .. is that not all free things are good.. [ok../ i am done entertaining myself...] you need a definitive latin name ... sometimes i wonder if i shouldnt just hit delete.. lol do you guys need better pix for a complete ID???? ken Here is a link that might be useful: link

People can have contact dermatitis reactions to many common plants, including Hedera, grape ivy, nightshade, juniper, almost any euphorbia. It is also possible for detritus from poison ivy/oak to blow into your yard from elsewhere. Contact with the dried leaves or pieces of vine or roots can still cause a rash for an unknown period of time (which is probably because environmental factors speed/slow the breakdown of the urishiol.) One it is on a tool, shoe, glove, your dog, it can pass to you from that also (for an unknown period of time.) There is no PI in our yard, but finally I decided that my getting a rash was always preceded by handling dead leaves with no sleeves. Wear long sleeves/pants, shower right away after yard work that involves dead leaves, or contacting questionable plants. Wash the clothes before wearing them again, if you don't put them right in the washing machine from your body, wash your hands after you touch them again to put them in the washer.

hutchae84, I am returning to answer your question and add a few thoughts to my above remarks. I first developed this idea of using Clorox when faced with a few unwanted dandelions which kept returning with strengthened vigor despite my attempts to dig and remove the roots including the tip ends. One of my experiments included cutting the new growing top off each dandelion and putting just one drop of Clorox on each cut top. (Remember, this is a very powerful product,) Slowly each dandelion showed distress and never did regrow. I recognized that it takes several months for the Clorox to work its way into the very tip ends of the dandelion roots. Thinking further on your situation I would attack the problem in the following way when the plants are in the young rosette stage. Carefully, using a cordless drill and moving quickly I would drill each poison hemlock plant about 1" deep directly in the root center core and put the 5 drops of Clorox in that open wound. Really a quick two person job. Be a bit patient. This process does not work overnight. Give it some time. Roots that have been treated and are located in used yard spaces or garden areas can be dug, very carefully. But, wait a growing season. Those tip ends are very deep. Give the Clorox a chance to work. And a final word. Clorox applied full strength in the garden is a killer. What I am describing is to be used for special, difficult plants with deep tap roots. This is the only time this method should be used.