There are a lot of plants that you will want to avoid when it comes to camping. You will want to know when you are near poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. You will find that these plants can cause very painful rashes.
For sure you are at least vaguely familiar with the poison ivy - a movie and song have been named after it, cementing this plant as the most ubiquitous dangerous plant in the United States.
Another common plant to avoid is poison oak. Poison oak's leaves and branches may vary in appearance - they can either be multi-lobed, and in some cases, the branches resemble that of a fruit tree. The leaves are mostly scalloped around the edges, but it can also be wrinkled, rather than smooth like poison ivy. Likewise, their leaves grow in threes, but there are far more plants that have at least five leaves.
Poison oak is a plant associated with the Eastern US, stretching from New Jersey down to the Florida coast, but some sightings have been reported in the Midwest, including Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Strangely enough, poison oak is more common in the West and South than poison ivy, which is still the most common poisonous plant in the Eastern part of the United States.
As for poison sumac, it is the least widespread plant, and it really isn't in many places, but swampy areas and peat bogs. You will find that the leaves of this plant are bluish-green with red tips. Cream colored berries grow on this plant and it is just as toxic as poison oak and poison ivy. You will want to keep in mind that there are oils in this plant that will spread quickly and it will spread to other people through casual contact.
For sure you are at least vaguely familiar with the poison ivy - a movie and song have been named after it, cementing this plant as the most ubiquitous dangerous plant in the United States.
Another common plant to avoid is poison oak. Poison oak's leaves and branches may vary in appearance - they can either be multi-lobed, and in some cases, the branches resemble that of a fruit tree. The leaves are mostly scalloped around the edges, but it can also be wrinkled, rather than smooth like poison ivy. Likewise, their leaves grow in threes, but there are far more plants that have at least five leaves.
Poison oak is a plant associated with the Eastern US, stretching from New Jersey down to the Florida coast, but some sightings have been reported in the Midwest, including Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Strangely enough, poison oak is more common in the West and South than poison ivy, which is still the most common poisonous plant in the Eastern part of the United States.
As for poison sumac, it is the least widespread plant, and it really isn't in many places, but swampy areas and peat bogs. You will find that the leaves of this plant are bluish-green with red tips. Cream colored berries grow on this plant and it is just as toxic as poison oak and poison ivy. You will want to keep in mind that there are oils in this plant that will spread quickly and it will spread to other people through casual contact.
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