Wild Chervil can be identified by its white flower and fern-like leaf. The flowers have five petals and are clustered together at the end of a single stem. The plant can commonly grow up to 2 m in height.

Download the Wild Chervil brochure here.

Look-alike weeds:

As with many noxious weeds there are a few plants that look very similar to wild chervil, but not share their invasive tendencies.:

• Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria) - its leaves have white boarders around the edges, and are not fern-like in appearance.
• Poison Hemlock (Conium Maculatum) - has purple spots on the stems and is most easily distinguished by its size since it can grow up to 2 to 3 m high.

Links:

BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (Pest Management)
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/chervil.htm 

Weeds BC
www.weedsbc.ca/pdf/wild_chervil.pdf 

Nobanis- Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet:
www.nobanis.org/files/factsheets/Anthriscus_Sylvestris.pdf