Native to North America, poison ivy ( Toxicodendron radicans) is found across the country, everywhere from deciduous forests ...

A few years ago I was leading a group of Merrimack College ecology students on a nature walk, when one of them pointed to a vine with five leaflets per leaf, and asked if it was poison ivy. “No ...

Avoid the fuzzy vines because people can get the dreaded itchy rash from them as well as from the leaves. Around June 1, poison ivy vines develop tiny flowers that are green with an orange center.

Poison ivy is common in woods around the country, making it a bane of hikers, campers, fighters of forest fires, even backyard gardeners. Its itchy, sometimes blistering rash is one of the most ...

Poison ivy is most often confused with Virginia creeper, a non-poisonous plant with five leaves. Need a break? ... This poisonous plant is a shrub that can grow to 25 feet tall.

Last Saturday's Garden Q&A about poison ivy had a picture accompanying it. I thought poison ivy had clusters of three leaves. The picture showed a plant with clusters of five leaves. Can you clear ...

Johnson County Extension pro helps identify noxious plant. Its compound leaf is made up of 3 leaflets. 4 and it’s not the ivy, nor is it poison oak ...

Dead poison ivy vines and leaves still contain urushiol and can cause a rash even after being dead for several years. For more Better Homes & Gardens news, make sure to sign up for our newsletter!

Q. Behind our summer cottage are many maples and oaks and to my eye, unfriendly vines climbing their trunks. Maybe the vines are poison ivy? The leaves turn bright red in the fall. Do they do any ...

Five-leaf poison oak vs. Virginia creeper Another plant you might confuse with Virginia creeper is poison oak, which, like poison ivy, can cause severe rashes in some people.