Giant Hogweed 2025
April 22nd, 2014This post records data back to 2002 through to 2024
2025
2024
July 23rd Thankfully it wasn't as big as the image below implies. I was worried my one bag to put the bits in wasn't big enough but it was fine.When I arrived at the site I was rather dismayed to see half a dozen other multiple stemmed plants and cut them. They had matured and were laying down. I needn't have worried as they were most likely Hemlock Water Dropwort. It may well be that an odd Giant Hogweed seed landed amongst them and their growth limited that of the GH. Come to think of it the multiple stems is a give away. The Giant Hogweed rare has more than one stem.
July 22nd One reported near Okel Tor
2023
June 14th None yet2022
May 19th 1 Felling some willow towards the river I came across what looks like a giant hogweed. It's covered in mud but the shape of the leaves define it from common hogweed. It's very small and most likely from an upstream seed.
2021
- April 11th 1 Some 9m ENE of the swamp cypress with substantial roots so must have been there last year.
- April 4th 2 by the boat
2020
- July 15th 1 In the copse near Lowena. Fair size pulled by hand
- April 18th 2 by the boat
- April 15th Traversed the marsh west, through the copse and along the western boundary and saw none, not that I checked overly well.
2019
- June 9th One by the bow of the boat
- May 3rd Searched the west marsh and found one by the channel at the western boundary. More signs of trespass.
- April 29th Removed 9 at the bow of the boat, again and must check again in six weeks or so.
2018
- March 29th Clear north of the boat to the breach
- March 29th Cleared carr and west. Noticedsigns of trespassand increasing damage to bund
Himalayan Balsam: 2018
May 31st, 2018General: Work covers the fields that stretch some 1.1Km along the river. Areas are labelled {1,2,3 and 4} and page numbers respectively show a map of the area and the work carried out. Areas are numbered from, north to south (1&2), south-west (3) and west (4)
Area 1
Area 1 is partitioned as follows:
yellow Part of the top field east to the drainage channel of the lower field.
green This is the lower field, between west, south and east drainage channels.
blue The line indicates the western edge of the bund
orange Not a part of the Riverland fields but cleared as it encroaches upon it.
Work Diary
October 4th
Area 1: 1 from the south west corner of the field. SeeAugust 3rd 2017September 9th
Area 1 blue: 5 from the bund
Area 1 yellow: 15 from the area towards the south east.
Area 1: 1 from the south west corner of the field. SeeAugust 3th 2017
- July 10th:
Area 1 green: 3rd stint :: 35 from the side of drain to the south.
Area 1 blue 4 from the bund. - July 10th:
Area 1 green: 2nd stint :: 84 from the side of drain to the south.
Area 1 5 from the south west corner of the field. SeeAugust 3rd 2017 - July 10th:
Area 1 green: 1st stint :: 81 from the side of drain to the south. - July 4th:
Area 1 green: 3rd stint :: 68 from the side of drain to the south.
Area 1 yellow: 4, not 3 or 1 :) from side of drain in south east corner. - July 4th:
Area 1 green: 2nd stint :: 64 from the side of drain to the south, 3rd stint later today.
Area 1 yellow: Noticed 3, not 1, to get from side of drain in south east corner. - July 4th:
Area 1 7 from the south west corner of the field. SeeAugust 3rd 2017
Area 1 yellow: 1 from higher and 1 to get from side of drain.
Area 1 green: 59 from the side of drain to the south, more to do today
- May 31st:
Area 1 Blue: Cleared the bund probably chopped a few plants. - May 29th:
Area 1 41 from the south west corner of the field. SeeAugust 3rd 2017
Links to other areas by page no.
Himalayan Balsam: 2017
April 25th, 2017General: Work covers the fields that stretch some 1.1Km along the river. Areas are labelled {1,2,3 and 4} and page numbers respectively show a map of the area and the work carried out. 2016
As of August 2017 the main work is to clear southward from the breach in Area2 along the field side of the drain.
Area 1
Area 1 is partitioned as follows:
yellow Part of the top field east to the drainage channel of the lower field.
green This is the lower field, between west, south and east drainage channels.
blue The line indicates the western edge of the bund
orange Not a part of the Riverland fields but cleared as it encroaches upon it.
Diary: 2017
- strong>October 16th Area1yellow 0
- strong>September 25th Area1blue 8 and 15 on neighbours bund north
- strong>September 25th Area1yellow 42: 11 in the south west corner including two further east along the wall accessed from Trekensa Gardens, where there are thousands growing and 29 from the usual strip on the east of the top part of the field.
- August 30th Area1blue 16 and
Neighbours field 16
Area1 59 A surprise to find a patch in the south west corner of the field, must have seeded a year ago at least, so will use the brushcutter to clear the area and thence keep an eye on it for a few years. - August 3rd
Area1yellow 36
Area1green 8
Area1blue 16
Neighbours field 6
- July 19th:
Area1green 1 in south-west
Area1blue 19 - July 12th:
Area1yellow 57
54 were in small area in ferns by the pine trees. Probably all seeded from a single plant missed last year. 3 others, just over midway down, just above the drain. - July 7th:
Area1Blue 13
Area1Green 3
and 44 from neighbours boundary within 2 metres. - July 7th: Cleared path across low part of far field and all the bund 2T
Cut through half a dozen or so balsams - July 5th: Cleared path across south of far field 1T
- July 2nd: 1 In the south east corner
- June 17th: Cleared path across far field 1T
- June 15th: Cleared path across small triangle field and back 1T
- June 14th ~ 15th & May 23rd: Cleared path across triangle field (4hr)
Links to other areas by page no.
