According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, you should do the following: Immediately wash the part of your skin that touched the plant with one of the following: Rubbing alcohol, ...

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 ...

Find out how to get rid of poison ivy without touching this rash-causing plant.

The rhyme "leaves of three, let it be" could describe a lot of plants, so you have to know what to look for to identify poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.

After determining the vine was indeed poison ivy, Fedrock contacted Guinness, which confirmed he held the record. The incredible length exceeds the typical 1-foot to 4-foot growth of the plant.

This poison ivy plant, growing on a white ash tree in Paris, Ont., is in the Guinness World Records as the tallest in the world. (Submitted bu Robert Fedrock) ...

A 68-foot vine found growing on a tree on Robert Fedrock's Paris, Ontario, property has been officially named the tallest poison ivy plant in the world by Guinness World Records. Photo courtesy of ...

Poison ivy is on the right and Virginia creeper is on the left. Courtesy of Susan Allman Look at the photo which shows Virginia creeper and poison ivy vines growing, side by side up the same tree ...

Poison ivy grows vigorously throughout much of North America. It can grow as a shrub up to about 1.2 m (4 ft) tall, as a groundcover 10-25 cm (4-10 in) high, or as a climbing vine on various supports.