Nasty stuff
My brother and his son learned about this plant in their chemical classes for their weed control business
Is plant genocide ok?
I took my grandson fishing last year and we saw 40 or 50 giant hogweed plants along the footpath. I called the local government the next day and the following weekend, when we went fishing again, the plants looked like someone had taken a flamethrower to them.
Weed hog meant something totally different 40 years ago...
I’ll bet my FIL’s goats would eat that crap up. Nothing stops them...
If you plan on traipsing through the woods in certain areas of North America this weekend, you’ll want to watch out for the giant hogweed plant.
[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/giant-hogweed-plant-blindness-skin-irritation_n_347902] According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, contact with the poisonous weed causes severe skin and eye irritation and may result in blindness and permanent scarring in people sensitive to the plant’s toxic sap.
The giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) may grow 14 feet tall and is characterized by a blossom of white umbrella-shaped flowers atop the plant. It may look similar to Queen Anne’s lace and cow parsnip, thus making it difficult to identify. (Some tips on how to tell giant hogweed apart from other common flowering plants can be found here and here.)
The invasive species started to bloom in certain areas in North America (see which, below) earlier this month. The Department of Natural Resources in several states has issued warnings, cautioning residents to stay away from the giant hogweed and report any sightings.
Anyone who comes in contact with the plant should wash the affected area of their skin with soap and water and keep out of the sunlight for 48 hours, since the effects develop over several days.
As Nature notes: “When the sunlight and the sap mix, chemicals from the sap, called furocoumarins, cause a phototoxic reaction to take place called phytophotodermatitis,” which causes blistering and rashes on the skin. If someone then touches his or her eyes, the sap has the potential to cause permanent blindness.
Though the giant hogweed is native to the Caucasus Mountains and southwest Asia, the invasive plant was introduced to New York around 1917.
See a map showing the giant hogweed’s current distribution in North America (in green) and a larger photo of the poisonous plant below.
Australia Giant Hogweed Map:
This is one nasty plant and people should be away of it.
Pinging the gardening and outdoor wildlife list holders. Even the prepper one. People need to be aware of this horrible plant to avoid it.
Reminds me of the movie “The Day of the Triffids”
Do they have any plans for abatement or removal of the plant?
It is a non-native invasive species?
Or are there preservationists?
The link has good pictures of it at various stages.
Are there any Research Doctors reading this thread?
If “the Poison is in the dose,” perhaps there is something in Hogweed that could be used or altered that increases the sensitivity of localized inoperable cancer to light, or flat out kills it.
(Assuming here that most protection against light occurs in the skin and not internally.)
Just a thought.
(I have chosen to NOT include a picture of David Hogg on this thread. You are welcome!)
Countdown before some idiot here decides to bring it to this country
“I’ve read it grows near streams and rivers as that’s how the seeds spread, so just be vigilant
– it only takes moments to read about it enough to recognize it.”
The giant hogweed is native to the Caucasus, but was introduced to Britain as an ornamental plant in 1817, and its spread has now got out of control.
If exposed to the plant, you should thoroughly wash the area that made contact and keep it out of sunlight for a few days, the Woodland Trust advises.
The giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) may grow 14 feet tall and is characterized by a blossom of white umbrella-shaped flowers atop the plant.
It may look similar to Queen Anne’s lace and cow parsnip, thus making it difficult to identify.”
Post #10 by FReeper Fresh Wind is a photo of a mature Hog height and Flower structure
Post #17 by FReeper Candor7 offers a map of known U.S. distribution
Post #36 by FReeper Chicory offers numerous photos and close up of various stages of the giant Hogweed as shown by Washington County, in the State of Washigton.
The sap from the giant hogweed deposits topically on exposed skin, and then is exacerbated by exposure to sunlight,
thus causing a burning sensation, and skin tissue then becomes destroyed.
Generally, it is found in the area of marshlands, as well as in drainage ditches alongside of secondary highways, as well as on the edges of pasture land.
If found, and you are unable to eradicate it yourself, notify your local Department of Transportation, or your respective State Dept. of Conservation with the exact location.
Please note the toxicity of the plant can lead to severe burns and possible tissue damage after exposure to sunlight.
George the filth Soros will be importing more now that he knows the pain it causes...
Poison Ivy on steroids.
Streams, you say? Would it grow on the Rio Grande?