Here we have these two vines hanging out together and even putting their leaves right next to each other for easy comparison. It is remarkable how Virginia creeper and poison ivy so often grow in the same place. But at least this view makes clear how different the 5-leaf creeper is from the 3-leaf poison [ ]
Another sorry victim of the evil weed. A few days after clearing some brush the bubbles appeared and the horrendous rash. The fluid in the bubbles is mostly water, like the bubbles you get when you burn yourself. Poison ivy rash is an allergic reaction, but once the skin breaks open you can also get [ ]
Here we see poison ivy covering one trunk of a tree while the other trunk has Virginia creeper. These two vines are very often seen growing together, but not usually so neatly divided.
Here is a confusing little jumble sent to us by a viewer: this is TWO different plants twisted together, looking like one. There is poison ivy, the large green leaf on the bottom left, and the smaller reddish leaf bottom right. But the other two leaves, wrinkly ones, are Canada Moonseed, a vine that produces [ ]
Here is a tree in a lovely park in Silver Springs, Maryland. What stood out is how the lower section of the tree trunk has a nice bunch of Virginia Creeper on it but higher up, the tree is all covered with poison ivy. The base of the tree is a mix of neither plant. [ ]
Urushiol! In black rings! I came upon this sawn down tree on the edge of a parking lot. I hope the person who cut this tree down was either careful or immune to poison ivy, because lots of urushiol oil got sprayed around as the chainsaw cut through the tree and through a set of [ ]
News to me! After 76 years of life and 25 years of poison ivy info-sifting I have learn a whole new thing: THERE IS POISON IVY IN JAPAN! Also in Taiwan, and probably some in China and nearby countries. This startling fact was revealed today at an online meeting of poison ivy freaks; people who [ ]
I created this site for fun, but it got very popular and I made a little money from it, but mostly I had fun hearing all the horror stories and helping people with all sort of poison ivy questions, which I still do, so all for free. But years ago Google had this very site [ ]
I addition to obsessing about poison ivy, I also tend to 20 birdhouses, checking them weekly. At least one of them is surrounded by tons of poison ivy, as seen here. I wear knee high rubber boots which also help keep ticks off of me. Since we don t really want people to be messing with [ ]
This is WHY this site exists! The poison ivy rash is awful, and it so easy to get and so easy to avoid. This fellow was just going fishing, wearing shorts, and there must have been some very ripe poison ivy or poison oak right along the shore, which we would guess is true MUCH [ ]