Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
Depending on where you live, poison ivy leaves have either just popped out, or will do so very soon.
This is a pretty typical look for early spring growing tips of poison ivy.
I suspect that this case (and this post) will be as controversial and contentious as the lawsuit it reports on.
Most babies are cute, of all animal species, and even sprouts from seeds are kind of cute.
But I will bet that only a few people will find the baby spring leaves of poison to be cute.
Along with mosquitos and ticks, one of the few unwelcome aspects of spring and summer is the return of poison ivy to its leafy, exansive, take-over-the-world form.
Pacific poison oak is extremely common in California, much like its cousin poison ivy in the eastern half of the country.
Here is a case where poison ivy has climbed a white birch tree, which makes the hairy roots really stand out.
This is not something we have seen often, PI climbing a white birch.
I'll be honest. As a person somewhat obsessed with poison ivy, you would think I would always be able to spot it in any season, in any form of growth.
Umar Mycka is one of the few people around that knows more about poison ivy than the crazy folks behind THIS website.
Normally you would not expect to see poison ivy growing out of icy swamp water.
But all these vines, from the big 2-incher to the tiny 1/4 incher are all poison ivy.
Here is a pretty scary image of a poison ivy vine "exploding" at the top of a dead tree.
When the vine can't find anything else to climb on it starts reaching in all directions, either for another climbing surface or for sun.
