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Is This Poison Ivy?

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Submitted by:  Kory Labauve
Date Submitted: May 8, 2003
Location: not given

Question Asked: Is this poison ivy?

Answer: Don't you just hate it when poison ivy decides it likes your house as a place to grow? Yes that is poison ivy based on everything I see in the picture. A further out shot to give perspective would help but I don't think is needed here. The 3 leaves, the longer stem for the middle leaf, The general leaf shap, the "hairy" tendrils, coloration - all point to poison ivy. Interesting bit of trivia I've come across (and noticed in my quest to find poison ivy) is that what poison ivy looks like here in the Mid-Atlantic is not necessarily what it looks like in say Michigan. There are regional differences plus 9 different poison ivy species.