In the sunlight, heat and moisture of July, roadside plants abound. During wet years, they become especially thick and tall. It is easy for the passerby to see purple of fireweed and milkweed, yellow ...

Sightings of the invasive wild parsnip plant have been increasing across southeastern Ontario, including fields of the yellow-flowered plant across Durham Region. Also known a poison parsnip, it is a ...

Cow parsnip is known in our field guides as Heracleum lanatum, although it sometimes has other names. The flowers are typically displayed in big, flattish inflorescences called “umbels,” each umbel ...

July afternoons can get quite hot, which may limit our outdoor activities. Also when we do venture out, we often find that we are accompanied by some unappreciated six-legged critters. Conversely, ...

While out exploring, Evie came across Cow Parsnip—a towering wildflower that’s a magnet for pollinators. Learn how this native plant draws in bees, flies, and other insects, all searching for pollen ...

The giant hogweed scare in Essex County is over for now. Reports of the poisonous invasive plant on the Chrysler Canada Greenway near Harrow turned out to be its less evil twin: cow parsnip. on how to ...

A gardener was left with 'very painful' blisters after a routine encounter with a plant scorched her flesh. Robyn Hankins was working in a garden in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, when the sap of a cow parsnip ...