Giant Hogweed Management & Control

Giant Hogweed is an invasive species, recognised by the Environment Agency within their published hit list of “top ten invasive species marked for containment and removal". Plants produce Sap that contains a toxic chemical that sensitises the skin and leads to severe blistering when exposed to sunlight. On contact with the skin the sap causes photo-dermatitis and can cause blindness from the chemical furanocoumarin. Plants also form dense colonies that suppress the growth of native plants and grasses, leaving riverbanks bare of vegetation in winter and increasingly open to the risk of erosion, that can cause flooding.

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