Category Archives: Invasive Plants

Wild Chervil- Invasive Pest

Another invasive plant specie to be on the look out for and aware of this summer is wild chervil. It is easily spread and characterized by its white delicate flowers and fern-like leaves. It can destroy hayfields, as it acts … Continue reading

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Watch Out for Poison Parsnip

Written by Tim Parsons                                                                                                                     Landscape Horticulturist Middlebury College                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Certified Horticulturist and Arborist Poison parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, is actually Parsnip, the root vegetable. As a vegetable, it was popular in colonial times, as it matures under a very short season, and tastes … Continue reading

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