AI was utilized for research, writing, citation management, and editing. The author has no affiliation with any companies mentioned. The toxic plant that claimed the life of Socrates is quietly spreading across Wisconsin—an invasive force lurking along ditches, disturbed soils, and roadsides. Conium maculatum—better known as poison hemlock—now shows a “presently uncommon” but growing presence in the state, with confirmed records in eight counties and twelve known sites (Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin DNR).
