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, ...

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You can remove poison oak from your yard by hand or with an herbicide. No matter which method you choose, wear protective ...

The staghorn sumac seed heads are beginning to change color and are now pale yellow, but as summer progresses the seed heads will become a crimson color. If you are not familiar with the staghorn ...

“The entire honeysuckle plant is toxic, but the berries pose the greatest threat, especially to young children,” says Noyes. ...

If you are a dope, or maybe just unlucky, and do brush up against some poison ivy this summer, Katie has a recommendation that’s worked for her. “Dish soap will help take those oils off anywhere.

However, you can grow the tree as an indoor plant in a sunny exposure, whether you acquire a live plant or sprout the seeds — available on eBay.com for a little more than a dollar apiece.

Plant is 7 to 14 feet tall. Stems are green with purple splotches and visible, coarse, white hairs. Leaves are up to 5 feet wide, lobed and deeply incised. Leaves of three…is that poison ivy?

Q: We have several acres covered with poison ivy. Unfortunately, the ivy keeps spreading. Store-bought remedies as well as homemade mixtures have not worked. Do you have any suggestions? A: You need ...

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are three plants notorious for causing itchy, uncomfortable rashes that can turn a ...

Poison ivy is also often found entwined with Virginia creeper, which further confuses the issue. Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidate), a popular landscaping vine, is similar.

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.