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The easiest method is to look for 3 leaves. If the leaves are in bunches of threes, let it be. Poison ivy also blooms flowers in early summer and produces berries in the early fall.

Often poison ivy will change color in the fall to either yellow or red color. Poison oak, on the other hand, keeps its green hue in the fall.

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards.