*Daucus carota L. WILD CARROT. "Near the Cantilever Bridge on
the Canadian side," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron
(1895). "... a common weed along the roadways and in the fields," Hamilton
(1943). ). "[Niagara] Glen," sight record,
Yaki (1970).
Ontario: Hydro
Property, near School of Horticulture, Tidridge, June, 1977 (NFO).
This, together with
Chickory (Cichorium intybus) and Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) is
one of the most noxious of the weeds that persist from “wildflowers” in a can
planted along interstates and other major highways, especially forming dense
colonies several years after the more spectacular species in the mix die during
winter cold.
