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| First year plant. The second year it matures and produces blossoms and seeds. The birds and wind have scattered it. |
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| Easier to report where it isn't! |
Its poisons are oily and hard to remove.
Phytophotodermatitis results when you have the oils on your skin, and you are exposed to the sun.
Wild parsnip worries continue in Ottawa as part of Rideau Trail closed
Kevin Wylie, the city's general manager of public works, says city staff sprayed more than 200 kilometres of roadsides to fight the toxic weed in the spring. (CBC News)
8 comments:
On one of our drives into the county this past week we drove along a road that was loaded with wild parsnip. It has been around for years but now everyone is aware of it due to all the publicity.
It is all over our Vermont roadsides as well. The burn its oil gives is very nasty. And long lasting as well.
I'm surprised that a poisonous plant is found everywhere, and that city staff spray toxic to fight a toxic weed. The authorities should approach real experts and find the right solution.
Hari OM
I think every country in the world now has plants which turn out to be real devils due to rampant overgrowth; one wonders at the spread, but of course it means that the environment has gotten out of balance..... YAM xx
That looks like a very nasty invasive.
We spent the day back roading through Renfrew, Lennox and Addington and Lanark Counties today. The wild parsnip is TERRIBLE! Didn't see any giant hogweed though, whew.
Someone sent me a warning about lime burns. Good gosh! What a surprise! I'm glad I have lemon trees and not lime.
Fortunately I've never experienced its bad effects!
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