Updated Saskatchewan if the bugs don't get you the weeds might

bat119 · #1 07-29-2015, 07:05 PM

Sap from invasive weed in Sask. can burn skin

Experts warn of wild parsnip in the province

If you gently rub against it, the effects are like poison ivy. If you try to pull it, you could suffer ill health effects for the next three years, according to Chet Neufeld, Chair of the Saskatchewan Invasive Species Council and Treasurer of the Canadian Council on Invasive Species.

"You'd get something similar to a third-degree burn. So you'd have oozing, open sores, and blistering. And these side effects could continue up to three years," Neufeld told CBC Saskatchewan's Afternoon Edition.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...skin-1.3171478

more pics
http://www.saskwildflower.ca/nat_Pas...%20sativa.html

Red Bullets · #2 07-29-2015, 07:27 PM

Thanks for posting. Good to know.

Tfng · #3 07-29-2015, 07:32 PM

I was expecting it to be Giant Hogweed, another nasty one.

Grizzly Adams · #4 07-29-2015, 08:06 PM

Think we call it Cow Parsnip here, very common junior version of the Wild hog weed. Never thought of it as irritating, but then, I don't roll in the stuff.

Grizz

Kim473 · #5 07-30-2015, 06:23 AM

Allmost looks like Dill. WOW.

Ranch11 · #6 07-30-2015, 08:16 AM

You may be thinking of water hemlock, which is deadly on cows. THe juice in water hemlock kills bovine dead, and quick. We have lost a couple to water hemlock. Find the animals with the stem of the plant still in their mouths. Very quick death. Cows parsnip not so bad, water hemlock well, it's bad.

bat119 · #7 07-20-2018, 01:49 PM

The wild parsnip is moving farther North every year watch out it's nasty

Regina man left with 'huge blisters' after run-in with wild parsnip

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...ewan-1.4752774

Really nasty picture of the guys leg...ouch!

Alberta bull hunter · #8 07-20-2018, 02:34 PM

Does anyone know if there are similar looking weeds here in Alberta (West of Stony plain) or if we would have these. I have some pretty similar looking plants in my yard that i thought were noxious weeds i have been pulling, wore gloves but probably contacted my arms and no burning so far.

blgoodbrand1 · #9 07-20-2018, 03:32 PM

Very similar to cow parsnip which has a white flower vs the yellow on wild parsnip.

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bat119 · #10 07-20-2018, 03:42 PM

Wild carrot looks similar except white flowers

huntsolo1 · #11 07-20-2018, 04:39 PM

I’ve had a reaction from wild parsnip...picked up as a kid in Ontario...I’m 42 now and still get reactions if the environmental conditions are right! It’s basically systemic now...doc says it’s a “photo phyto dermatitis”, basically sunlight can set it off...for me I need to be in and around water too. And I can attest, it sucks big time, almost always in the same spots of my body too. Pretty sure Alberta is starting to get it so steer clear, you do not want it!

bat119 · #12 07-20-2018, 05:02 PM

Its berry picking time watch out for bears and some plants
How to identity the cow parsnip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpIycm8za1Q

MrDave · #13 07-21-2018, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alberta bull hunter

Does anyone know if there are similar looking weeds here in Alberta (West of Stony plain) or if we would have these. I have some pretty similar looking plants in my yard that i thought were noxious weeds i have been pulling, wore gloves but probably contacted my arms and no burning so far.

Yup. Its been here forever. Its the sap that causes the reaction.

owlhoot · #14 07-21-2018, 10:17 AM

I know a lady here that walked through some in her bare feet in Ont last summer, Her foot was NASTY looking, it took months to heel

cranky · #15 07-21-2018, 02:35 PM

Theres a pond (Cardiff) just north of the city thats got a real heavy growth of yellow plants that sure looks like what we are talking about here. Its all round the shore line. Never seen it like that before this year. Can barely find a spot to fish.