Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
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.
The folks from Green+ products contacted us to let us know that their skin cream products are very helpful for poison ivy rash.
I noticed this house recently with a spectacular maple tree in full color behind it.
But then noticed the equally colorful leaves on a vine growing on a pine tree. And guess what?
Here is yet another example of poison ivy exposing itself with fall color.
This hedge near our headquarters has had poison ivy growing up through it all summer, but we only noticed it when it turned bright color.
Here is another example of how poison ivy's less harmful cousin, Virginia creeper, also turns colorful in the fall.
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.
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.
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