Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
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.
This is a positive test for poison sumac!
Poison sumac is pretty rare and only grow in very wet areas, whereas poison ivy is everywhere and grows in wet, dry, sunny, shady, or any conditions.
Why is it SO common to see poison ivy growing on the No Trespassing signs along country roads? Because roadsides are perfect poison ivy habitat. Poison ivy grows in the deep woods, but it prefers places with more light; roadsides have tons of light.
This large tree fell across a trail and was chain sawed off by a helpful person.
But I wonder if they knew that the thick vine attached was poison ivy?
A chain saw will spew sap and wet sawdust right at the logger and could cause a great deal of grief for both logger and family!
Here is an interesting story sent in by a viewer. We are looking for input from veterinarians or from anybody who has anything to offer about the possible affect of poison ivy smoke on animals. It is widely reported by all the books on poison ivy that it doesn't affect animals, only people.
If you make your living by climbing on others, when they fall, you go down to.
These poison ivy vines were happily climbing this little tree, but when it fell it took them down too.
That's the life of a climbing vine.
Here is a wonderful online event for those who are fascinated by poison ivy – or make a living getting rid of it – or have to work around it too often.
Here is a small poison ivy shrub that is mostly covered by snow.
In a situation like this, it is VERY hard to spot that this poison ivy during the winter. Poison ivy shrubs don't have the reddish hairy roots that the climbing vine has. So there is nothing that screams out POISON IVY.
Here is an unusual situation: a poison ivy vine was climbing up a tree, a totally normal thing.
But when the tree split into two trunks, the vine found itself right between the two, reaching out frantically with its red root hairs, to grab the tree.
All climbing vines have some way to hold onto the surface they climb on. But no other vine in its territory has the distinct hairy vines that poison ivy has.
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