Land Plants - invasive

Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) on Jun 28, 2017

Submitter has sample
EDRR Status: Local expert notified

Description of specimen

The Giant Hogweed patch is approximately ten feet wide by approximately six feet deep with six flowering stems. The stems are about 10-12 feet tall and the flowers are white and about 14-16 inch in diameter. The leaves of the plant are green and about 16 or so inches across. Smaller leaves have shown up in the lawn. When we moved in the plants were mostly not visible as though they had been cut down and the cuttings removed. Now as can be seen in the attached photo the dinosaur era looking plants appear to want to eat the neighboring shed.

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