One of Canada's most dangerous plants is about to start blooming in Toronto Toronto
It was the plant's aesthetic qualities that are believed to be responsible for its introduction to North America. Native to eastern Europe and western Asia, Giant hogweed is reported to have been introduced to Canada as an ornamental plant.severe pain from just the slightest touchComing into contact with the clear watery sap of Giant hogweed can result in severe dermatitis within 48 hours of exposure.
The outward similarity to plants like Queen Anne's-Lace creates dangerous opportunities for confusion among children. The plant is particularly quick-spreading and proliferates in areas like roadsides, ditches, streams, fields, and open woodlands, and now covers an area across southern and central Ontario, south of a span stretching from Manitoulin Island to Ottawa.
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