Q: I had poison ivy growing up a tree, so I pulled it out this summer, and of course, I got a bad skin rash for a few weeks. It came back, but now I'm afraid to pull at it again.

Killing poison ivy can be tricky — especially if it’s entwined in a tree near your house. But you can kill the plant and remove the vines without using chemicals, and without getting a case of ...

Poison ivy can grow as a low groundcover plant, a small shrub, or a vine. When it vines and climbs trees, the older vines are covered in small, fine, reddish hairs—a dead giveaway.

Summer is in full bloom and so are plants and weeds that can cause you harm. Outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners and just about everyone else should know about poison ivy, poison oak, poison ...

Most poison ivy grows on the ground, but it also can grow as a shrub or up a tree trunk. On the trunk, it looks like a hairy vine because of the brown, aerial rootlets that attach to the bark. It ...

As with poison ivy growing as a shrub or ground cover, poison ivy vines will also have three leaflets. ... You are never going to see it climbing up a tree as a vine.

Well I did some research and learned that poison ivy (Rhus radicans) does climb trees and buildings and in the fall, turns red. So, Herb's vines may well be poison ivy and getting rid of it will ...

When you have it growing up a tree trunk, and when it has formed large, ... This is a rampantly growing vine that often co-exists with poison ivy. However, it has five leaflets, not three.

So on average, the poison ivy plant of, say, 1901, can grow up to 50 to 60 percent larger as of 2010 just from the change in CO2 alone, all other things being equal.

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) may be growing among the plants you are handling. Gardeners often come into contact with poison ivy, and many contract a bothersome rash as a result. It pays to ...

The tricky thing about avoiding poison ivy is that the plant is highly adaptable and can take many different forms in different environments. Poison Ivy, a ‘familiar stranger’ that could ruin ...