{"id":796745,"date":"2026-07-12T08:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796745\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:42:06","slug":"this-large-invasive-species-was-found-in-edmonton-for-the-first-time-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/796745\/","title":{"rendered":"This large invasive species was found in Edmonton for the first time | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large invasive plant species has been confirmed in Edmonton for the first time, being found on a private residential property last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Alberta Invasive Species Council says what was\u00a0first thought to be a new location of Japanese knotweed in 2025 has now been DNA confirmed as giant knotweed (Reynoutria sachalinensis, formerly Fallopia sachalinensis).<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2292404\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/741144774_1466992638798397_4823318303116412203_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2292404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberta Invasive Species Council\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>The plant was found on private residential property within Maple Ridge, and it\u2019s not known how it arrived, but the council says it most likely was intentionally introduced as an ornamental plant through purchase (online or in-store) or transplant. Currently, there are no known populations in Edmonton\u2019s natural areas or public properties.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"invasive species edmonton\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-2292405 size-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/741144775_1467000188797642_7538280422269976703_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2292405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberta Invasive Species Council\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"invasive species edmonton\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1536\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-2292406 size-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/741475431_1467000802130914_6906246242177926659_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2292406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberta Invasive Species Council\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Once established, giant knotweed spreads aggressively through underground rhizomes, forming dense stands that damage infrastructure like concrete and asphalt, crowd out native vegetation and are incredibly difficult and costly to remove.<\/p>\n<p>Giant knotweed is the largest of the knotweed species and is listed as a \u201cprohibited noxious on the Weed Control Act, so it must be eradicated,\u201d the council added in a post to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Biu3ERyvN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invasivespeciescentre.ca\/invasive-species\/meet-the-species\/invasive-plants\/giant-knotweed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Invasive Species Centre<\/a>, giant knotweed can reach anywhere between 10 and 20 feet in height, and has been found in several Canadian provinces already.<\/p>\n<p>If you think you\u2019ve spotted giant knotweed, you\u2019re asked to stop and take clear photos of the plant, record the location, and report it using the free <a href=\"https:\/\/abinvasives.ca\/eddmaps-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EDDMapS app<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large invasive plant species has been confirmed in Edmonton for the first time, being found on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-796745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}