1. Wild Chervil Anthriscus sylvestris
Ben Haberthur
Restoration Ecologist

2. Herbaceous Biennial or short-lived perennial
~ 3 ft tall
Apiaceae family
Hollow stem
Umbel flower form
Tripinnate
Spreads rhizomatously
Large quantity of
viable seeds

6. “Our first collection was made by the senior author, in 1975…two miles south of Mooseheart, in Kane County. Since then it has become a very common plant in Kane County, and has spread to Du Page and Lake counties in Illinois.”
Swink & Wilhelm Plants of the Chicago Region. 4th edition

7. Common Look-alikes Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)
Japanese Hedge Parsley (Torilis japonica)
Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza longistylis, O. claytoni)
Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum)

8. Common Look-alikes: Queen Anne’s Lace

9. Common Look-alikes: Toralis japonica

10. Common Look-alikes: Osmorhiza longistylis

11. Anthriscus sylvestris: broadly ovate bractlets NOT A. cerefolium

12. The Trouble with Chervil

13. 5/20/10

14. 4/25/12

15. 3/16/12

16. 3/16/12
5/07/12

17. 5/7/12

18. How do I kill it?

19. NIIPP Chervil Working Group
Campton Twp Open Space
Garfield Farm & Museum
Chicago Botanic Garden
MCCD

20. Initial Transline Results

21. Treatment

22. T + 1

23. T + 9

24. T + 35

25. Initial Rodeo Results

26. Treatment

27. T + 1

28. T + 10

29. T + 29

30. Tested Herbicides Rodeo (Glyphosate – 2.5%)
Escort ( Metsulfuron Methyl 1 gram/gal)
Milestone (Aminopyralid – 5%)
Transline (Clopyralid – 0.5%)

31. Questions?