Species Detail - Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The Flora of County Waterford".

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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Heracleum mantegazzianum
Giant Hogweed
NBNSYS0000003711 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation No. 1143/2014 || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland)
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Sommier & Levier
Flowering plant
Species
13
5
3
03/05/1997
28/06/2005
2 January (recorded in 2018)
7 December (recorded in 1987)
Paul R Green, The Flora of County Waterford, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), accessed 03 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/23/Species/29131>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)