If poison ivy has accidentally contaminated your clothing, you'll want to make sure you're taking the right steps to clean your clothes properly. Here's how.

Poison ivy doesn’t look like poison ivy in the winter and early spring. Watch out for it. Some people are still allergic to the plant even when it doesn’t have leaves.

The best way to eradicate poison ivy is to pull it up by its roots. If you garden in a four-season area, the job will be easiest in early spring, after winter’s freeze-thaw cycles have softened ...

Poison ivy crawls up a tree Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at Christian Park in Indianapolis. Wild Food Tours, which teach participants to identify edible plants, are led by Greg Monzel of Persimmon Herb ...

How to eliminate poison ivy Where you have a clear shot at the vines, spray the poison ivy with a broadleafed weedkiller containing 2, 4-D. Read and follow label directions carefully.

Poison ivy, or Toxicodendron radicans, is a climbing vine and less commonly a free-standing shrub, according to botanist Susan Pell, deputy executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Oils in poison ivy and poison sumac plants can cause allergic reactions so severe they require medical treatment. Within 10 minutes, the urushiol oil from the plants can begin to affect exposed skin.

Eastern poison ivy grows as either a plant on the ground or as a vine with aerial roots to secure itself around trees or other objects. Greenish flowers appear with five petals about 3 millimeters ...