In Vermont, we love the outdoors, but poisonous plants like poison parsnip, poison sumac and poison ivy can sometimes spoil our time outside. The best way to protect yourself and your family from ...

Michigan's summer climate provides ideal growing conditions for many flowers and other plants we enjoy — and for a few poisonous, three-leafed plants we all could do without. Though the common phrase: ...

When skin touches poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac plants, the oils from the plant can cause a rash. This rash can be very uncomfortable, itchy and unsightly. The medical name for this rash is ...

While those shiny green leaves lining the base of a tree might look harmless, poison ivy isn't anything to mess around with, especially when the results of touching it are an itchy red rash that lasts ...

I once thought I was among the 20% of humans who experience no ill effects from poison ivy. But a visit to southern Illinois years ago proved me wrong. Itchy skin with blisters plagued me for weeks.

Gardeners and hikers beware: Poison ivy may look like an unassuming plant, but it's one you're going to want to be able to identify before you wind up with an uncomfortable rash. If you do come home ...

It may only seem like there's more poison ivy this year. "I would say the number of requests for identification and control information for poison ivy has been consistent over the decade that I have ...

Clobetasol, triamcinolone, and fluocinonide are medications that may reduce severe inflammation and itching from poison ivy. When poison ivy causes severe reactions, over-the-counter (OTC) treatments ...

It might be tempting to remove poison ivy in the winter when the plant is relatively dormant, but there are several reasons ...

Poison ivy has three leaves, and the middle leaf has a longer stem. Touching poison ivy causes an allergic reaction due to urushiol oil. Poison oak and poison sumac are related to poison ivy and also ...

Michigan's summer climate provides ideal growing conditions for many flowers and other plants we enjoy — and for a few poisonous, three-leafed plants we all could do without. In Michigan, two types of ...