Garden Tips, Gardening, Poison Ivy
How To Identify Poison Ivy
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Poison Ivy Guide:
- Poison Ivy can be tricky to identify and avoid, but there are attributes that differentiate the plant from others. Poison ivy has compound leaves and each leaf is composed of three leaflets. Each leaflet is 2 to 9 inches long and 1 to 5 inches wide. The stem of the middle leaflet is much longer than the stalks of the two side leaflets.
- In some cases, the stem on the side leaflets can be too small to spot or see. The stems of the two side leaflets are always directly opposite of each other. The juncture where the leaflet joins at the stem is often reddish. Poison ivy teeth edges appear more pointy than other plants such as poison oak.
- The surface of the leaflets can be glossy or dull. Along the main stem/vine, the sets of three leaflets are never directly opposite each other – they have an alternate arrangement. Most of the leaves are green and about two feet high. Poison ivy often grows in mass, and frequently takes over its surrounding area as the dominant plant.
- Poison ivy leaves in the spring appear as a shiny green and turn into a dull green during the summer months. The leaves then turn to yellow or scarlet in the autumn.
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