Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
A viewer sent in this nice, clear photo of a tree trunk covered with massive, hairy, poison ivy vines. And since this is springtime, fresh leaves are sprouting out from the vine, in a joyful celebration of the new season.
This is just one of the rashes this gentleman got as a result of clearing out brush and vines in his backyard. This was in Illinois. By end of day he had little bits of itchy spots. By the next day he had the nightmare you see, and a bunch of others.
Here is a tree that is covered by many layers of poison ivy swarming all over it. Many people might not recognize this as a mass of poison ivy vines, but it is. And in a few weeks, the whole thing will be covered with bright red poison ivy leaves.
Poison ivy often reveals itself in the fall.
It tends to turn colors early and so it can stand out from the still-green neighboring plants.
This is our yearly warning to avoid the great colors that poison ivy likes to show in fall.
If you are out gathering the most colorful fall leaves for a table decoration you might accidentally gather the MOST impresssive leaves, which are often poison ivy!
This was taken in lovely Duchess County in New York State on a particularly lovely dairy farm.
As we all observe, poison ivy LOVES to grow on roadsides. It gets lots of sun, not much competition, and birds love to sit on the wires and drop seeds there. So it is almost rare to NOT see poison ivy by a roadside in the eastern part of the United States.
Hopefully you have heard the warnings to never burn poison ivy.
If not, this is what can happen. This unusually attractive young lady burned some weeds, not realizing they were poison ivy.
The gentleman who is suffering with these awful rashes shared them with us so we can share with you – as a reminder of just how nasty a poison ivy rash can get.
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