Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
There is a great deal of confusion about poison ivy vs. poison oak, since there are two kinds of poison ivy and two kinds of poison oak. Learn more.
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The two plants often grow intermingled, which creates extra confusion.
The five-leaved plant, Virginia Creeper, is a common gound cover that is sold in nurseries. (Touching it seems to bother some people, but it is not a national health scourge like poison ivy.)
Poison ivy most often grows in two forms: a ground vine and a climbing vine.
But it is easy to show that the ground vine will become a climbing vine when it runs into a vertical to climb, such as a wall or a tree.
Toronto radio hosts Roz and Mocha talk about how Roz is dealing with a major poison ivy rash attack. This is the ONLY radio discussion of poison ivy on this site!
Here is a lovely example of poison ivy invading a typical hedge outside someone's house.
Note how the hedge is barely growing in the pleasant spring weather, whiile the poison ivy is jumping 6 inches up.
