Wild Plant, Hogweed- Caution!

[bagwell1987]

Since this is my area too I wanted to Post this. Several states have it though.

 

 http://conservativetribune.com/father-notices-weird-line/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ConservativeTribune&utm_content=2015-07-11

[Tortuga]

Wow, here is a link to the Wikipedia information.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum

[Friends just call me Ross]

Yikes!  THEY say it's in Michigan!  

 

And, of course, I read that on the internet, so it MUST be true, 

Plus, THEY said it, and THEY know positively EVERYTHING.

 

 

No wonder it's call GIANT Hogweed:

 

 

[Qapla]

Thanks for the pictures instead of just links

[Old]

Thanks for the heads up. I see this weed all over the place and thought of it as a wild form of Queen Anne's Lace.

[Tortuga]

Thanks for the heads up. I see this weed all over the place and thought of it as a wild form of Queen Anne's Lace.

I thought it looked like Queens Lace too. I looked it up on Wikipedia, it's pretty interesting. If I was traveling in those area and I saw this by the road I might have gathered some of it assuming it was Queens Lace. I appreciate the warning.

[Luezette]

Wow! I actually saw this plant right here in Brooklyn, NY. I thought it was just a regular plant as in harmless. Good grief!

[seagull]

Report from the BBC on the problem here...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-33474810

Edited July 13, 2015 by seagull