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Ontario’s Invading Species Awareness Program aims to increase public attention to the dangers of invasive plants, animals, and micro-organisms.
Below are two examples of invasive plants that can be particularly harmful.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”6″ el_width=”80″ css=”.vc_custom_1565635884328{margin-left: -100px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” accent_color=”#b11a1a”][vc_btn title=”REPORT A SIGHTING” style=”custom” custom_background=”#017500″ custom_text=”#ffffff” shape=”square” size=”lg” align=”center” i_type=”material” i_icon_material=”vc-material vc-material-devices_other” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eddmaps.org%2FOntario%2F|title:EDD%20Maps%20Ontario|target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1565804725131{margin-top: 2px !important;margin-right: 2px !important;margin-bottom: 2px !important;margin-left: 2px !important;padding-top: 2px !important;padding-right: 2px !important;padding-bottom: 2px !important;padding-left: 2px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_separator style=”dashed” border_width=”3″ el_width=”80″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row gap=”10″][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_custom_heading text=”WILD PARSNIP” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:48|text_align:center|color:%23b11a1a|line_height:.8″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1565631757745{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.invadingspecies.com%2Fwild-parsnip%2F|title:Wild%20Parsnip|target:%20_blank|”][vc_column_text]
Pastinaca sativa
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- 0.5 to 1.5 m
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- Yellowish-green flower clusters 10 to 20 cm across
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- Leaves consist of 2 to 5 pairs of leaflets that grow across from each other along the stem, and one diamond-shaped leaflet on the end
- Leaflets toothed and often shaped like a mitten
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- Green, 2.5 to 5 cm thick
- Smooth with few hairs
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- Biennial (lives for two years); or
- Perennial (lives longer than two years)
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Heracleum mantegazzianum
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- 2.5 to 5 m
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- Large, white umbrella-shaped flower clusters 30 to 90 cm across
- made up of 50 to 150 small flower clusters
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- Prominently spiked edges Up to 1.5m long
- Leaflets grow right out of each side of main stem, with no leaf stalk
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- Hollow, 5 to 15 cm thick
- Prominent purple blotches
- Distinct, coarse, bristly hairs
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- Biennial (lives for two years); or
- Perennial (lives longer than two years)
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Source: Ontario’s Invading Species Awareness Program
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