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Giant Hogweed

Heracleum mantegazzianum

Giant Hogweed is a tall plant that can grow as high as a house! It has big, green leaves and produces white flowers that look like umbrellas. It's important to be careful around it because it can cause skin irritation.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Giant Hogweed is a towering plant, often over 3 meters tall, with thick, hollow stems mottled with purple blotches and covered in bristly white hairs. Its enormous, deeply lobed leaves can be over a meter wide, and it boasts colossal umbrella-shaped clusters of tiny white flowers.

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Giant Hogweed
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Giant Hogweed

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

4/5 · Hoch

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Interessante Fakten

A single plant can unleash up to 50,000 seeds to conquer new areas!

It can regrow from its root even after being cut down, making it tough to remove!

Its enormous leaves can grow over a meter wide, blocking sunlight from other plants!

The sap makes your skin super sensitive to sun, causing nasty burns!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Growth King

Giant Hogweed can grow incredibly fast, reaching impressive heights quickly, which helps it outcompete surrounding native plants for light and space.

Fähigkeit

Seed Shower

Giant Hogweed can produce tens of thousands of seeds per plant, enabling it to spread widely and establish new populations rapidly.

Maße und Details

Höhe
200-500 cm
Ausbreitung
100-250 cm
Blütengröße
20-50 cm
Blütezeit
Sommer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Hoch
Lebenszyklus
Zweijährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Attracted to its large, nectar-rich flower heads.

pollinates

Common Eastern bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

Visits the plant's wide umbels for pollen and nectar.

pollinates

Common bluebottle fly

Calliphora vicina

One of many generalist insects that pollinate the flowers.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

4/5 · Hoch

Do not touch Giant Hogweed without adult supervision, as its sap can hurt your skin.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Giant Hogweed?

200-500 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Giant Hogweed?

100-250 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Giant Hogweed?

20-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Giant Hogweed?

Sommer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Giant Hogweed?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Giant Hogweed?

Hoch

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Giant Hogweed?

Zweijährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Giant Hogweed?

Insekten

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