Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
One reason there isn't more research on poison ivy's effect on people is that you basically have to GIVE people the rash to see what happens with different remedies. And nobody much is going to sign up for that.
Here is a nifty poison ivy graphic from the folks at GreenPal. It is a VERY tall graphic that you can print out and stick on the wall. It is full of good info about all phases of the poison ivy, oak, sumac world.
This is an odd story for sure.
We approve strongly of using goats to control poison ivy since it doesn't hurt the goats a bit, is safer than herbicides, and safer than having people tear it out.
The ITCHY Project: Poison Ivy Education and Research: The Jelesko laboratory at Virginia Tech is the only academic research lab devoted to Poison Ivy/Oak/Sumac research. The Jelesko lab recently launched the Investigating Toxicodendron Change and Habitat for Years (ITCHY) Project to educate the public about poison ivy science (both what is known and still unknown).
In this 20-second video you can see where visitors to this website come from, at least on June 20. It does change as the season rolls along.
Umar Mycka, that legendary poison ivy warrior, sent me the photo of a massive poison vine creeping up a house.
There are so many reasons you don't want this kind of thing going on. Let me count the ways:
As a poison ivy nerd, I figure I have heard most of what there is to say about poison ivy. But when I picked up the newest book by Anita Sanchez, "In Praise of Poison Ivy," I was totally mind boggled.
We have a new poison ivy control service listed: our first goat-powered service. Goats (and other farm animals) can eat all the poison ivy they want with no ill effects.
Poison ivy is a vine. It runs along the ground and climbs on trees and buildings. So here we see a plant with stalks over six feet tall. So can this be poison ivy?
Here we have a good example of how different poison ivy leaves can appear, from the first leaves of spring.
Notice how the top "leaves of three" is a typical set of three, all pointed, about the same size.
