Wild parsnip is an invasive species with toxic sap that can cause skin to burn horribly when exposed to sunlight. If you don't know how to recognize it, you could be in for a nasty surprise.

“If you’re unknowingly walking through wild parsnip, you’ll get these juices over your leg. As soon as you’re walking in the sun, probably 24 hours later, you’ll get these rashes on your ...

A 21-year-old Vermont woman is warning others to steer away from the invasive wild parsnip plant after she was hospitalized with severe burns and blisters from coming in contact with wild parsnip.

Once valued, now reviled. That about sums up how attitudes toward the wild parsnip have changed since North America’s early European settlers grew it as a root crop. Today, Pastinaca sativa is a ...

Wild parsnip is 5 feet tall. It’s often confused with the nontoxic plant Queen Anne’s lace. It can be found all over Vermont: in your backyard, on the side of the road, in meadows.