Went out to pull the ivy that was slowly strangling one of ours trees. Chopped and pulled out a 6 foot section and then looked at the leaves. I didn't think poison ivy could grow so big, but a little research and I found the dreaded climbing poison ivy. 20 to 30 feet, killing trees in the process.
Any way, in trying to figure out what it is, it seems impossible to identify it to me. Guess my brain doesn't work like that. "it may or may not have notches, it may or may not have ridges, it may or may not be glossy" seriously? Grrrr...
Luckily, I do believe I'm one of the 15% of Americans that is not allergic to urushiol. That involves a story in sixth grade of a ranger pointing out poison ivy and a few of us who wanted some time off of school. I did not miss one day, everyone else did...
Any way, here's the tree it's killing, and a closeup. Let me know if you need to see it from another angle or something.
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Any way, in trying to figure out what it is, it seems impossible to identify it to me. Guess my brain doesn't work like that. "it may or may not have notches, it may or may not have ridges, it may or may not be glossy" seriously? Grrrr...
Luckily, I do believe I'm one of the 15% of Americans that is not allergic to urushiol. That involves a story in sixth grade of a ranger pointing out poison ivy and a few of us who wanted some time off of school. I did not miss one day, everyone else did...
Any way, here's the tree it's killing, and a closeup. Let me know if you need to see it from another angle or something.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus