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By - Associated Press - Saturday, April 24, 2021
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont officials are warning people who like to forage in the state for wild leeks, or ramps, to beware of a poisonous lookalike plant.
The health department says young leaves of American false hellebore are often mistaken for ramps.
Last year the Northern New England Poison Control Center managed 25 cases involving Vermonters with possible false hellebore poisoning, more than four times the usual number. So far there has been one case this year.
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