According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, you should do the following: Immediately wash the part of your ...

Poison oak may have more than three leaves, and depending on the season, species and local environment, plants can vary. Poison oak, either Pacific or Atlantic, is a native plant in the United ...

Poison oak leaves usually come in leaf groups of three, but may also be in clusters of five, seven or nine. These leaves are larger than poison ivy leaves. The leaf shape looks like an oak leaf ...

But the three-leaves rule isn't hard and fast one. Poison oak may have more than three leaves, and depending on the season, species and local environment, plants can vary.

Medically reviewed by Keri Peterson, MD Poison ivy and poison oak rashes are both caused by the urushiol oil that the plants ...

Poison oak has leaves that grow in groups of three, have wavy edges, and fuzzy undersides. A poison oak rash is usually pink or red and will usually appear within 24 hours.

He went on to say that poison oak leaves start out a bright, shiny green in spring and summer and then turn a red/orange in the fall before they go brown and fall off in winter.

Leaves Are Beginning to Turn in coastal San Diego County’s riparian woodland and oak woodland habitats. The summer-green crowns of willows and sycamores are already fading to yellow and brown ...

Poison oak leaves appear in summer as vegetation in southern California's predominantly chaparral habitat on July 19, 2007 in the San Gabriel Mountains in California.

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