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Poison Ivy: Jumping to Conclusions

Posted by Anita on Jul 20, 2013 in insects, leaves, plant parts, summer, Unmowed Blog, wildlife | 0 comments

Quick! Is this plant poison ivy? I was at the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, strolling along, and I noticed this vine draped all over the historical fence. As I was peering at it, a family walked by and the mother turned pale and gathered her children about her. “Stay away!” she said. “Poison ivy all over the place, you’d think the Park Rangers would do something about it.” And the kids cowered away from the plant and stayed obediently in the center of the blacktop path. Just another reason to stay inside and play video games. Now I’m afraid I get testy when I hear...