[Augie]

Perhaps of interest to the gardening list.

[Red Badger]

Ping!.............

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Augie :" Perhaps of interest to the gardening list."

I am already acquainted with "Giant Hogweed", true name (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
I guess that I am already familiar with the plant, and assumed that it was known to all already.
The problem in New York is that various highway departments will only kill the plant within 15-30 feet of a roadway, on the right-of-way,
.. Or obtain prior permission from the land owner to trespass on private land to eradicate the plant.
Notice the large flower and therefore prolific seed production of the "Giant Hogweed" plant
as equally important is the side-effects of just touching the plant - at least, a rash, and more contact- burns !

A more common invasive species currently spreading in New York is "Purple Loosestrife', which invades and chokes waterways; purple loosestrife is : Lythrum salicaria
Due to the fact that it grows rampant within inaccessible waterways, swamps, and bogs, and is difficult to eradicate, and is spreading throughout the State.

[greeneyes]

I hope I never see it. That picture of the guys leg was very disturbing.