brooke sent esker's caregivers (that includes me for the time being) a note about the invasive plant sometime in the spring. it was a worthy warning - exposure to sunlight following contact with the sap of the plant can cause severe burning, blindness and maybe even death. eep!
on her way home from work yesterday brooke's keen eye spotted some in a meadow, literally just down the street and around the corner from our place. she convinced katherine and i to head back there with her after dinner to check it out and it. was. HUGE! but apparently not fully grown.
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| brooke spots the plant |
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| it looks a bit like poison hemlock but is ~7.5 ft tall |
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| she encourages us to follow her |
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| we nervously comply! |
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| they spot more of the durned thing just south of the one we were checking out |
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| not being with the conservation authority, katherine might not recognize the gravity of our finding but she looks great |
We just returned from a trip through the north shore of Lake Superior. We saw several patches and reported it to the Ministry of Natural Resources. They didn't seem to give a darn! It was in a CAMPGROUND for goodness sake.
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