Is this poison ivy

[asu225]

Anyone know?

 

[jace]

sure looks it! you could always wipe it on your arm and see in a couple hours.... JK

poison ivy typically has a vine with a reddish tint to it as well as "hairs" on the main vine!

 

[asu225]

Well I took this picture in my back yard. Saturday, I was clearing some brush, cutting down some brushes and didn't think much of it. Monday, my arms, shins and behind the knees started itching. If I got poison ivy, I would describe it as a mild case but still, I'd like to know since my kids play back there from time to time.

 

[Midnightbiker]

It looks close. Here is a pic of real posion ivy

 

[asu225]

I found some pictures on the net and one in particular looks REAL close. I know my picture isn't great but I figured this would be a pretty good place to ask since I'm sure these folks have encountered the stuff on the course. Thanks.

 

[solomon.trenton]

it looks more like poison oak than poison ivy to me. just a thought.

 

[Roc1Time]

Yes poison ivy has the red where the leaves come off the stem.

 

[skottyb]

Yup that's poison ivy...

 

[volklgirl]

Yup, that's PI.

FYI: some people are not affected by it.....YET. Just like bee stings, sensitivity to PI can, and almost always will, develop over time and repeated exposure.

 

[zud00]

Look for 3 notched leaves with red stem. I get poison ivy pretty bad so I try to keep an eye out for it.

 

[harr0140]

I am a horticulturist and I agree to the Poison Oak. Oak have leaves that look like that.

 

[Throws Eagles]

That's certainly young poison ivy....definately not poison oak.

 

[harr0140]

I am almost 100% positive that is not poison ivy, that is an oak like leaf, but I have also gotten poison ivy 5 times in my life so maybe I cant identify it very well.

I do remember learning . . . leaves of three!!!

 

[BrotherDave]

Yeah that is probably poison ivy. Fortunately I'm one of the 15-30% that is pretty much immune to it.

 

[A.Mutt]

Are there really that many of us that don't react to it? 30% is much higher than I expected.

 

[Adam Schneider]

Poison oak's leaves are never pointed and non-lobed like that. If it's one of the Toxicodendron species, it's poison ivy.

 

[harr0140]

Wow I am embarrassed after further research ont he web I think it is Poison Ivy. It has an oak like leaf in the venation.

Good thing I went to school for 5 1/2 years!

 

[asu225]

Like I said, the rash and itching I have would be described as very mild if this is indeed poision whatever. On a side note, I am 33 and have never had poison whatever and considering the time I've spent outside in the woods, maybe I'm just not that allergic to it. I would think that I must have come in contact with it over the years.

 

[asu225]

Wow I am embarrassed after further research ont he web I think it is Poison Ivy. It has an oak like leaf in the venation.

Good thing I went to school for 5 1/2 years!

I found this picture of poison ivy on the net and it looks A LOT like what I've got in my yard.

 

[asu225]

Here's my picture again.