Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) - Detail

Species Detail - Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Species Data from the National Vegetation Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Heracleum mantegazzianum

Common Name Giant Hogweed

Synonyms N/A

Designations Invasive Species: Invasive Species || Invasive Species: Invasive Species >> High Impact Invasive Species || Invasive Species: Invasive Species >> Regulation S.I. 477 (Ireland)

Abbreviation heman

Authority Sommier & Levier

Group flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 19

Number Of 10Km Squares 12

Number Of 50Km Squares 10

Oldest Record 15/07/1991

Newest Record 07/06/2011

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 2 January (recorded in 2018)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 7 December (recorded in 1987)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Species Data from the National Vegetation Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/186/Species/29131>

Species Detail - Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Species Data from the National Vegetation Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)