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Questions and Answers: 2016

Question: Cow Parsnip? Growing along Winooski River, Jonesville, VT 5/4/16

  • Question

    Cow Parsnip? Growing along Winooski River, Jonesville, VT 5/4/16

    Answer

    Dear joshl, yes, this is a species of Heracleum. Hereacleum maximum grows in floodplains (this is one of its native habitats). Great picture of the expanding leaves.