According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, you should do the following: Immediately wash the part of your ...

The rhyme "leaves of three, let it be" could describe a lot of plants, so you have to know what to look for to identify poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.

Poison oak may have more than three leaves, and depending on the season, species and local environment, plants can vary. Poison oak, either Pacific or Atlantic, is a native plant in the United ...

But the three-leaves rule isn't hard and fast one. Poison oak may have more than three leaves, and depending on the season, species and local environment, plants can vary.

Medically reviewed by Keri Peterson, MD Poison ivy and poison oak rashes are both caused by the urushiol oil that the plants ...

Poison oak leaves usually come in leaf groups of three, but may also be in clusters of five, seven or nine. These leaves are larger than poison ivy leaves. The leaf shape looks like an oak leaf ...

How to identify, protect and treat poison ivy, oak and sumac. July 27, 2007 — -- When it comes to your backyard, it's a jungle out there. The backyard is a hot spot for summertime fun, but it ...

Like poison ivy, its leaves have a alternate leaf pattern, and can grow as a shrub, bush or vine. In the spring, poison oak's leaves appear shiny with reddish or green colors that can curl inward.

THE TASTE of young poison oak is surprisingly mild, grassy and only a little bit tart. Two dozen glossy green-and-red leaves disappear entirely when mixed into a smoothie with a banana, berries ...

Look, but don’t touch. Something all hikers might want to remember when traveling the hundreds of trails all around Southern California. Just the slightest brush with poison oak will have the ...

Dried leaves fall among green poison oak as fall-like colors appear in the San Gabriel Mountains. Poison oak grows in Santa Ynez Canyon in Topanga State Park on May 21, 2008.