How Do You Prevent Getting Poison Ivy Or Poison Oak?
• Learn to identify poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, and when you see them, avoid them at all costs. All are woody vines or shrubs that grow independently or climb and trail up trees, fences, and other objects, and along the ground. A cluster of poison ivy. Note the arrangement of three leaflets per leaf. Also notice the variety of appearances the leaves have. Loading… • Poison Ivy: • Leaves. Poison ivy has thin, often shiny, bright-green compound leaves. The edges of the leaves usually have large indentations at irregular intervals. The leaves occur in threes, with one leaf at the end of the stem, and two leaves opposite each other on the stem. Hence the saying, “leaves of three, leave it be.” The young leaves may be orange, and in the fall the leaves turn red. • Vine. The stem is woody and in its native territory is the only native vine with aerial roots. Aerial roots are small roots that grow out of the stem and also help the vine to cling to a support. English Ivy also h
