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A dangerous plant...

There is more info (ID, control, etc) at http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/39809.html (Google will find lots more too: http://www.google.com/search?q=giant+hogweed)

And a prior thread at http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30805

I also recall reading a recent trail report claiming that there was giant hogweed growing on the side of a WMNF shelter--I think it was Rocky Branch #1 or #2. I think the report was on the AMC BBS (http://appalachia.outdoors.org/bbs/) but I can't find it now.

Doug
 
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Interesting video esp where it shows the girls skin reaction to it on her leg.

Thanks for the info, at first I thought it just looked like Cow Parsnip or giant Angelica which I have seen before, which in a way looks like oversized poison hemlock. All part of the carrot family if I have my info correct.

Guess this is a new version to add to the list.
I'll certainly keep a watch out for Hogweed before I go wandering through a patch of it.
 
spider solo said:
Interesting video esp where it shows the girls skin reaction to it on her leg.

Thanks for the info, at first I thought it just looked like Cow Parsnip or giant Angelica which I have seen before, which in a way looks like oversized poison hemlock. All part of the carrot family if I have my info correct.

Guess this is a new version to add to the list.
I'll certainly keep a watch out for Hogweed before I go wandering through a patch of it.
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Is it correct that Cow Parsnip has the same nasty properties? I seem to remember it being mentioned as an invasive a few years ago. They look pretty much the same to me....
 
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