Difference between revisions of "Pastinaca sativa"
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− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsnip] '''Link to Wikipedia''', '' | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsnip] '''Link to Wikipedia''', ''Pastinaca sativa'' - "...The parsnip is native to Eurasia. It has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans, although there is some confusion in the literature of the time between parsnips and carrots. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar. It was introduced into the United States in the nineteenth century..." |
Revision as of 05:02, 23 March 2015
Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa- ANPC Rank –
- Moss, Flora of Alberta – Occasional
- Global Invasive Species Database – No
- NatureServe Rank – Low
- Haber, Upland – No
- Haber, Wetland – No
- CWF, Status & Invasive Range – Low, BC
- Alberta Revegetation Guidelines – No
- The Nature Conservancy – Yes, w/ ESA
- CBCN – No
- AB Weed – No
Remarks
Not reported as a problem in Alberta, but does occur here and is a problem in the US. Other plants in the same family appear quite similar.
[1] Link to Wikipedia, Pastinaca sativa - "...The parsnip is native to Eurasia. It has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans, although there is some confusion in the literature of the time between parsnips and carrots. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar. It was introduced into the United States in the nineteenth century..."
[2]Link to USDA Plants profile for Pastinaca sativa L., wild parsnip
[3]Link to Bugwood profile for Pastinaca_sativa - "...Found in open places along roadsides and in waste places throughout the northern United States and Canada, from British Columbia to California and Vermont south to Florida. It endures a wide range of edaphic conditions, usually dry to mesic soils, but occasionally will be found in wet meadows. Grows best on calcareous, alkaline soils..."