Here is another example of how poison ivy's less harmful cousin, Virginia creeper, also turns colorful in the fall.
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Here is another example of poison ivy revealing itself with great fall color. However, for reasons known only to the poison ivy gods, while most of this ivy has turn bright red, a portion on the lower right has turned yellow, and some is still green.
October 19, 2018 - 9:43am
Be aware that Virginia creeper, the vine that often grows right along with poison ivy, also turns color in the fall. Both can be ground vines and both certainly climb.
October 9, 2018 - 5:10pm
Here is yet another example of how poison ivy reveals itself in the fall. We have likely driven by this vine growing on a fence many times. But because the poison ivy turned such great yellow, orange, and red – we noticed it.
October 2, 2018 - 5:10pm
For some reason, poison ivy, the tough guy that grows everywhere, tends to give up and turn fall color very early, before many other plants.
It also comes out pretty early in the spring, so maybe giving up early is part of its internal timing.
September 24, 2018 - 12:25pm
Umar Mycka, the poison ivy removal wizard from Philadelphia, has been publishing an ongoing graphic novel about The Partners 5, a superhero troop of poison ivy destroyers.
September 19, 2018 - 9:32am
This is an outdoor electric conduit. Growing on it is mostly Virginia creeper, but also a teeny bit of poison ivy.
These two plants often grow together. The thing that ususally makes them easy to tell apart is that Virginia creeper has 5 leaves in a group, whereas poison ivy has 3.
September 14, 2018 - 5:43pm
Poison sumac is a funny topic. Many of the hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors to this site are searching for poison sumac info in Google.
And yet, in 15 years of running this site, I have gotten very few actual photos of poison sumac: it is just not that common.
August 24, 2018 - 2:55pm
Ironic, ain't it? This lovely little vine growing up a tree next to a Do No Enter sign...
Yes, it IS poison ivy, ready to ruin the rest of your summer if you brush it, grab it, or use it for a decoration, as has been done.
August 22, 2018 - 10:58am
Gee, what could that be, creeping up the post holding up that roadsign?
Sure enough, none other than good old poison ivy.
August 13, 2018 - 5:17pm
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