POISON IVY, POISON OAK, aND POISON SUMAC

PLACES WHERE THEY GROW

• Poison Ivy mostly grows in the Eastern part of America and on gates
• Poison Oak mostly grows on the ground, climbing vine, and shrubs and in the Western side of the U.S.A.
• Poison Sumac mostly is found in small trees and only in wet or moist areas

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WHO IT AFFECTS

• It affects people where ever poison ivy, oak or sumac grows
• It it gives an red itchy rash that takes 10 or more days to heal
• It can get worse with scratching
• You should never come in touch with poison ivy, oak or sumac, this can cause a rash

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POISON IVY

• Poison Ivy is hard to kill, even when ripped out of the ground, the roots will make the weed grow back-but you should never burn poison ivy, it can cause life-threatening damage to lungs and skin
• Poison ivy contains a oil called urushiol (you-rue-she-oil)that is both toxin and an irritation
• Contact can cause a red itchy rash with blisters that can take 10 or more days to heal

POISON iVY FUN fACTS

• Poison ivy leaves never have thorns
• They usually never grow side by side
• They usually grow left then right
• They never have saw toothed or scalloped leaves

POISON OAK

POISON OAK

• It can grow as a dense shrub in open sunlight or a climbing vine in shaded areas
• These have scalloped edges resembling the leaves of a true oak and can be bronze, bright green, yellow green or reddish depending on the season
• Bears a small, hanging, clusters of yellowish green flowers in the spring that turn into small, greenish-white, berries in late summer

POISON SUMAC

POISON SUMAC

• Poison sumac leaves usually grow side by side, and the stems are red
• The loose berries that hangs form poison sumac, with stage thorn sumac, the berries are tightly bunched and they stand straight up, where as other poison sumacs, they hang down
• Some stalks have an ending leaf that has a side leaf, while others don't
• The leaves are not saw toothed

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