Poisonous Plants
Poison Ivy
If you are working in a wooded area, you want to be on the lookout for poison ivy. Here are a few things to remember about poison ivy.
- Eastern poison ivy is typically a hairy, ropelike vine with three shiny green (or red in the fall) leaves budding from one small stem.
- Western poison ivy is typically a low shrub with three leaves that do not form a climbing vine. May have yellow or green flowers and white to green-yellow or amber berries.
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Poison Oak
Poison oak is usually a shrub with leaves of three, similar to poison ivy. Here are some other components of poison oak:
- Pacific poison oak may be vine-like.
- It may have yellow or green flowers and clusters of green-yellow or white berries.
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