Poison ivy turns wonderful colors in the fall and this often fools people into collecting it for decoration in the home. Needless to say, picking

Your poison ivy super-nerd was watching a 1944 movie with Edward G. Robinson, who gets caught up in a murder situation… At one point Robinson

Here is a common sight: a nice, well-cared-for apartment complex and along the street is a massive hedge composed entirely of poison ivy! This ivy

This was a fence at a historical castle, just the sort of place you might take children. And I couldn’t help but notice that both

Beauty and the Beast! These wildflowers along a path are lovely, but right behind them is a tree covered with masses of poison ivy vines.

It is not uncommon to see poison ivy with these red spots and growths on the leaves. Having not read a good explanation about these,

Walking through a field the other day, I came upon a little snake sunning on a rock. And surrounded by poison ivy on all sides.

Here is a photo of a tree with a massive midsection of poison ivy. The tree leaves, mostly visible on the left and top, are

The reason we call this Odd Poison Ivy is that the center leaf has big notches in the sides, which poison ivy almost never does,

On the left is our typical spring poison ivy: three leaflets, red and shiny.  On the right is our little friend Virginia creeper, which has

These are poison ivy leaves on a climbing vine – just barely opening up in spring. This is where some of the plants are at

This poor tree has many layers of poison ivy climbing up it. There is the one-inch thick vine to the right, the half inch vine

Starting in the American South, moving northwards, poison ivy will start to turn green, as well as bright red, when the leaves pop out. But

This is a stop sign on a post, stuck against a phone pole, in suburban Kentucky. Somehow, the phone pole and stop sign are growing

Noting that poison ivy leaves, having fallen off in the fall, are supposed to contain less of the urushiol oil that causes the rash, here

From a California viewer who ran afoul of poison oak vines. The cut vines deposited blobs of urushiol oil on his white hoodie. Each blob

Here is a dead tree where nearly every small branch we see is actually poison ivy. In fact, the upper part of the tree broke

These lovely blue berries on bright red stems are one of Virginia creepers contributions to the colors of fall. In the previous post, we showed

After the glory of autumn color drops away there will be many poison ivy berries left hanging. The actual size of the berries is just

Here is another example of poison ivy showing off its fall splendor. Notice that this one has lots of tan berries. Birds do eat the

Each fall, poison ivy one of the first and most lovely leaves to turn colors. And each year, some number of people fall victim to

Here is a detailed radio piece about how increased CO2 is making poison ivy VERY happy, and how Pesky Pete, the poison ivy remover has

This is the ONLY product that will allow you to detect if a plant is poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac. You cut into

The first thing you need to do if you have touched poison ivy, poison oak, or sumac, is to wash thoroughly – right away. But

This is a great example of the confusion these two plants (and others) can cause. What we have here is/are poison ivy and Virginia creeper

You may see both sumac and poison ivy along many roads, often right by the guard rails. But the sumac you see along the highways

The race is on! These two climbing poison ivy vines are starting a race up the same utility pole, side by side. Notice how they

I am sure that anybody in the Southern US states knows that this plant with leaves of three is kudzu, not poison ivy. However, if

People who find this website are quite often looking for info on poison sumac, even more than for poison ivy. But as you can see

The old saying goes “Leaves of Three, Let Them Be”. Which is ok advice. Because poison ivy and poison oak DO have leaves of three.

Headline: Ontario has world’s tallest poison ivy, confirms Guinness | GVS Radio A report says that a vine that is 68 feet tall might be

Here is one of those walls built along a highway to block sound for residents near the road. This wall has poison ivy happily growing

Yup, this is pretty ugly to see. Imagine how nasty it would be to have this rash on both feet. Here is what the person

Our National Park Service reports that a group of mountain lion kittens have been found in a patch of poison oak. Poison oak has no

This is a useful photo because it shows how poison ivy, as a ground vine, becomes a climbing vine as soon as it finds anything

Here it comes again! Here in New England, everywhere you look, little red leaves of three are sprouting.  In the southern states it is probably

How did I know, immediately, without getting closer that there was no poison ivy in these weeds? Does that stone-brick decayed looking old-world wall suggest

You can find these two growing side by side; the lovely and evocative Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and the evil poison ivy. Both follow the leaves-of-three way of

Over the years people who are suffering from nasty poison ivy (or oak or sumac) skin rashes have sent in photos to share. They send

Blackberry leaves  do have a similar overall shape to poison ivy leaves, and leaves-of-three, and both grow as ground vines. But… blackberry has thorns, all

This is one of the most difficult plants to tell apart from poison ivy because they are both vines with leaves of three. In this

As spring rolls from south to north, expect to see lots of these two vines coming to life. One of them is our old buddy,

Here is a common sight in poison ivy country, which is much of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains. Poison ivy loves to

While searching for poison ivy books at Alibris, my favorite online bookshop, I came across this terrific book by Cynthia Riggs, who has written a

I was able to find poison sumac (on Martha’s Vineyard) in the winter, but only because I used the iNaturalist app to see if it

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

Poison ivy is an early and enthusiastic participant in the annual fall color party. Here it is on a suburban fence. I was so impressed

This was taken in lovely Duchess County in New York State on a particularly lovely dairy farm.  What happens in cases like this, where poison

In her own words: “My temples were swollen so badly that I saw one of the doctors jump in surprise when they came into the

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