FloatnFly Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Went for a walk along a local trib the other day and found this plant, anyone know what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npt1 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 From the photos, My guess is the plant is Giant Hogweed. If so, the sap from it can cause severe burning irritation to the skin. Give it a wide berth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 It's a white variety of Joe Pye Weed that is quite common in wet swales and marshes. Usually find the lavender variety around here . https://www.google.ca/search?q=eupatorium+maculatum+bartered+bride&sa=X&biw=1301&bih=585&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCUQsARqFQoTCJHd6pzCz8cCFYs9kgod-TgDYg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 It's a white variety of Joe Pye Weed that is quite common in wet swales and marshes. Usually find the lavender variety around here . https://www.google.ca/search?q=eupatorium+maculatum+bartered+bride&sa=X&biw=1301&bih=585&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CCUQsARqFQoTCJHd6pzCz8cCFYs9kgod-TgDYg I would agree, except the leaves are different, on the Joe Pye Weeds, the leaves have a stem, these ones do not, they're growing directly out of the stalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 try this variety https://www.prairiemoon.com/seeds/wildflowers-forbs/eupatorium-perfoliatum-boneset.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 try this variety https://www.prairiemoon.com/seeds/wildflowers-forbs/eupatorium-perfoliatum-boneset.html quite possibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 From the photos, My guess is the plant is Giant Hogweed. If so, the sap from it can cause severe burning irritation to the skin. Give it a wide berth. the leaves are a dead give away that its not hogsweed. these are long and relatively thin, where on the hogsweeds, the leaves are similar in shape to that of a maple, but only much larger, with rounded points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 I've always called that queen anne lace.....or something like that lol S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Queen Ann's Lace is completely different, the leaves are thin and feathery, the stalks are thin and curved, and the flowers looks like a tumble weed when bunch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Queen Ann's Lace is completely different, the leaves are thin and feathery, the stalks are thin and curved, and the flowers looks like a tumble weed when bunch up Yep. We have that in our yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yep. We have that in our yard As a kid we called that wild carrot before we knew better cause it smelled like carrots if you crushed the leaves and stems. Still think the plant in question is Boneset, a medicinal herb of the family that includes Joe Pye Weed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Confirmation from Ontario Invasive Plant Council, it is boneset, thanks dave524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 There was a recent article in the Simcoe Informer ID ing all sorts of toxic plants common to Southern Ontario that look just like what I always called Queen Anne's lace and other harmless looking plants. Come to find out our Queen Anne's lace isn't and it is toxic. After reading that article I won't be looking in the woods for my wayward golf balls anytime soon. Not that I don't hit straight mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singingdog Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Boneset. At one time it was used as a treatment for breakbone fever, as well as other fevers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Yep. Mom used to call it herbe à fièvre.. (Fever weed) And it's good for constipation doncha know!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bailey Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Yeah, looks like boneset. Do NOT confuse it with the similar looking water hemlock, which is so poisonous that you don't even want to touch it. Just tasting it could kill, swallowing isn't necessary. http://www.perverdonk.com/wild%20flowers/Parsnip/Spotted%20Water%20Hemlock/200307281030%20Spotted%20Water%20Hemlock%20(Cicuta%20maculata)%20-%20Manitoulin%20Island.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Found a bunch of these in my yard? Need help identifying Probably just let em dry out and burn them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Nice Manitoubass2, nicely budding, im starting to crave Zesty Cheese Doritos just looking at your pic, my munchy of choice when sampling one of mother earths great creations for medicinal and ceremonial purposes of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 In keeping with this turn of the thread and herbicides, anyone else remember the early 70's , when the US war on drugs was spraying Mexican herbs with Paraquat, nobody would touch Mexican weed back then for fear of getting more chemical than you bargained for. MB2 better watch your field for low flying copters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozer Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 manitou - please send pictured specimen to me. I have labs lungs to test said subjects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icedude Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Found a bunch of these in my yard? Need help identifying Probably just let em dry out and burn them Looks vaguely familiar MTB2 Just to be on the Safe-Side Opinion Only ID burn it my friendly Dial up the YOUTUBE Pump the Speakers to 10 plus and select Trans-Siberian Orchestra muti cam Boston MA 2014 Merry Christmas--you're one lucky dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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