Invasive, Disfiguring Plant In The US

[Coug]

If you thought Poison Oak, Ivy, or Sumak were bad meet Giant Hogweed.


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQE_U2j4ZU[/youtube]

Current Plant Distribution Map

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Current Plant Distribution Map

I wonder if it is related to hops, because that map matches exactly to some of the best hops growing areas above the 45th parallel.

 

[BenGrimm]

No more hiking in NC for me.

 

[Coug]

No more hiking in NC for me.

Lol, I'm just guessing you don't do a lot of that to begin with, right?

 

[YankeeVol]

No more hiking in NC for me.

You'd have to be "special" to miss a plant that big

 

[BenGrimm]

Lol, I'm just guessing you don't do a lot of that to begin with, right?

I live in the tri-cities so going over to NC to hike is fairly common actually.

I was jk though. Like Yankee said, it would be hard to miss a plant that size.

 

[volinbham]

Genesis warned us about this back in the early 70s.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f59EKHdeyKc[/youtube]

You may not like early Genesis but it's worth a minute or two to see what Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins used to look like

 

[Cyclopskiller]

Dude look like a lady

 

[Escape Goat]

Lol. That woman had it growing like it was a decorative plant in her front yard.

 

[Coug]

Lol. That woman had it growing like it was a decorative plant in her front yard.

Clearly she didn't really do much gardening because she never touched it.