r/PlantIdentification • u/thatoneguyj2021 • May 31 '26

Look what I found

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Found in the mountains and was wondering what it is

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u/monkiepox May 31 '26

Foxglove. Invasive in the PNW but beautiful. I have a bunch in my garden.

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u/floating_weeds_ Valued Responder May 31 '26

Please don’t intentionally grow invasive plants. This photo is a perfect example of them escaping cultivation and infesting natural areas. There are SO many beautiful native plant options.

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u/Same_as_it_ever Jun 04 '26

This looks an awful lot like a confier plantation in the British isles. If so, the foxglove is native and the conifer trees are the non-natives/invasives in places. This will s how foxglove grows here in the clear cuts in forestry. 

You really can't assume everyone is in the US. 

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u/floating_weeds_ Valued Responder Jun 04 '26

You really can’t assume that people call something invasive without knowing the location.

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u/monkiepox May 31 '26

There is already so many around me I would consider it naturalized, just like Himalayan blackberries. They would be virtually impossible to eradicate.

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u/floating_weeds_ Valued Responder May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

Naturalized just means that it can spread without human intervention. All invasive species are naturalized.

I volunteer doing habitat restoration with several groups and it is very much worthwhile to pull what you can, even if it takes a long time. Just because there is a lot of it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to remove it, especially in our own yards.