There are a number of plants to avoid in Delaware. Here's how to identify the big three – poison ivy, oak and sumac.

By the time neighbors in Glen Canyon discovered that some NAP volunteers decided to plant poison oak as part of their back-to-nature theme, park activists throughout the city began to get a little ...

He wondered: Does poison oak have a taproot, diving deep into the soil, or do the roots spread horizontally near the surface, like a Monterey pine?

Patrick Kirby's been itchy a lot. The University of Southern Mississippi botany and ecology student is often out in nature and he's had poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac — more than once ...

As more people venture outside to enjoy warm weather, be prepared to identify poison oak to avoid future headaches and itchy red rashes.

If you haven’t had poison oak, you haven’t lived. At least you haven’t lived on the Monterey Peninsula. An internet search of “poison oak FAQ” says it all and then some. I suspect more ...

According to the experts at poison-ivy.org, the best way to distinguish Atlantic poison oak from eastern poison ivy is by looking at the berries. If they’re fuzzy, it’s poison oak.

DE LUZ — A teacher’s warning to a class of third-graders fromFallbrook’s Maie Ellis Elementary School against touching poisonoak only heightened their interest in the plant.And th… ...

Q Can my pets get a rash from poison oak? If my pets get into poison oak, can I get a rash from touching them? A: “Leaves of three, let them be. Berries white, run in fright.” It only t… ...

Without our help, our Monterey pine forest could easily disappear forever, reduced eventually to a relatively common assortment of coast live oaks and toyons, brush and grasses.

In this guide, we'll explore various methods to get rid of poison ivy, oak, and sumac, ranging from natural remedies to professional services.