Hogback Mountain Conservation Association
Route 9, Marlboro, Vermont
Preserving a Mountain Treasure
Invasive plants
This page is designed to help us identify, manage and safely remove invasive plants from our conservation area. Find out how you can join the removal of invasive plants in the Hogback Conservation area. Info
Invasive Species found in the Hogback Conservation area
How to Identify Buckthorn
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Common Buckthorn: Grows up to 25 feet tall with dark gray peeling bark and a distinct orange inner bark. Leaves are dark green, oval, and finely toothed with curving veins. Twigs often end in sharp spines.Link
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Glossy Buckthorn: Can grow slightly taller (up to 30 feet) with smooth-edged, shiny leaves that have straight parallel veins. It lacks thorns.
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Fruit & Flowers: Both produce small yellow-green flowers and dark purple-to-black berries that birds spread.
Wild Parsnips (Pastinaca sativa) is a common invasive plant in Vermont found mostly along roadsides, field edges, and unmaintained areas. Its sap contains chemicals that cause painful, blister-like skin burns and rashes when exposed to sunlight—a condition called Phyto photodermatitis.
Mission
To educate land owners to properly identify, map, remove or manage invasive plants.
Helpful links below
