Giant hogweed arrives in Renfrew, bushwackers must read.

[trixter192]

This plant causes bad skin burns and blindness. It's easy to spot, so warch out for it, and notify the MOE if you see any. The plant in the picture doesn't appear very tall (yet), so don't assume they are all 6M tall.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/07/13/giant-weed-that-burns-and-blinds-spreads-across-canada/

 

[berger]

I love this comment:

“I went out, suited up, cut all the flowerheads off and bagged them. Then I nuked the plants with Round-Up.”

Wait, didn't the Lieberal Government ban that???

 

[Twinkie]

I'm glad you brought it to the forefront, but it's not new:

http://www.yourottawaregion.com/website/article/843208--giant-hogweed-rears-its-ugly-head

 

[Richard]

I read about it 3 years ago but I forgot about it, so thanks for the reminder!

 

[trixter192]

You know what, that article just came across another source yesterday(Reddit), but the article is dated 2010. Partially my fault for not checking this. You never know if you spot it again though.

 

[dwcjwerfner]

It is still very good info though as Connie got into it whipper snipping the ditch 2 or 3 years ago and still has scars on her from it, very nasty stuff.