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by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth |
| Botanical name: |
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze |
| Common
name: |
poison ivy |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Anacardiaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
perennial |
| Duration: |
shrub
forb/herb
subshrub
vine |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
can climb up to 80', taking over dead trees |
| Foliage: |
on petioles, ternate, with three leaflets. Highly variable; may be entire or slightly toothed, or lobed. |
| Flower
color: |
small greenish flowers followed by a white berry that birds enjoy |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
May |
| Habitat: |
various landscapes, woods, pastures, etc. Also may be found in both brackish and tidal areas. |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
throughout |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
A woody vine that produces urushiol, which causes an itching rash for most people.
There is a wide amount of variability in both growth habitat and leaf appearance.
The vine is hairy yearround.
"Leaves of three let it be; hairy vine, no friend of mine"
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 484. |
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