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--Boundary_(ID_Fit9/hX5QxrS0mquE7u0rQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT THANKS, MARIAN, FROM JIM and others on NatureNS! Begin forwarded message: > From: Marian Munro <zinckmc@gov.ns.ca> > Date: July 24, 2008 10:33:00 PM ADT > To: jimwolford@eastlink.ca > Subject: Re: Fwd: [NatureNS] HUGE Cow-parsnips > > Yes Jim, it is Giant Hogweed. Recorded from Baddeck, Truro and > Halifax, this plant should not be handled due to serious contact > dermititis rissk. > > PS I am brief as I am in BC and separate from any NS floras. > > Please forward. > > MM > > Marian C. Munro > Curator of Botany > Secretary, CBA/ABC > Nova Scotia Museum > Collections Section > 1747 Summer St. > Halifax, NS B3H 3A6 > Canada > > 902-424-3564 >>>> "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 07/24/08 5:09 PM >>> > I'm not familiar with this giant cow parsnip, but Randy's photos seem > to show leaves etc. that resemble Bev's suggested species, H. > mantegazzianum -- any records for the Maritimes? > > Cheers and thanks from Jim > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: bev wigney <bev@magickcanoe.com> >> Date: July 24, 2008 4:34:29 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] HUGE Cow-parsnips >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Randy, >> >> Is there any chance that Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) could >> actually be Giant Cow Parsnip, also known as Giant Hogweed (H. >> mantegazzianum)? I've read about it being a horrible invasive in >> B.C. There's a bit about it here, along with a photo that shows it >> with a bicycle for size reference. I've never actually seen one >> "in person" so can't say how much one might resemble the other >> except in size. >> http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Heracleum% >> 20mantegazzianum >> >> On 24-Jul-08, at 3:23 PM, Randy Lauff wrote: >> >>> Check out this link for photos and brief story of the huge Cow- >>> parsnips. >>> >> >> Bev Wigney >> Osgoode, Ontario >> >> > > --Boundary_(ID_Fit9/hX5QxrS0mquE7u0rQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> THANKS, MARIAN, FROM JIM and others on NatureNS!<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Marian Munro <<a = href=3D"mailto:zinckmc@gov.ns.ca">zinckmc@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">July 24, 2008 10:33:00 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a></font></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Fwd: [NatureNS] HUGE = Cow-parsnips</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Yes Jim, it is Giant Hogweed. = Recorded from Baddeck, Truro and Halifax, this plant should not be = handled due to serious contact dermititis rissk.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">PS I am = brief as I am in BC and separate from any NS floras.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please = forward.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">MM</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Marian C. Munro</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Curator of Botany</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Secretary, CBA/ABC</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Nova Scotia = Museum</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Collections Section</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">1747 Summer St.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Halifax, = NS<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>B3H 3A6</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Canada</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"