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Hi,I have recently purchased this home and was looking forward to having a garden. While gardening I pulled out some weeds and trimmed some plants and...
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Poison ivy or another toxic plant #276032
Asked September 06, 2015, 7:38 AM EDT
Hi,
I have recently purchased this home and was looking forward to having a garden. While gardening I pulled out some weeds and trimmed some plants and creepers from my fence. Seems like I developed skin rash on exposed areas. I was covered well but the area between the gloves and sleeves, and the area around my neck where I wiped sweat broke out.
I have not had any previous exposure to these kind of plants so it will be great if you could help me identify what these creepers/plants are, which ones do I need to address, and, if possible, how.
Thanks,
Raj
I have recently purchased this home and was looking forward to having a garden. While gardening I pulled out some weeds and trimmed some plants and creepers from my fence. Seems like I developed skin rash on exposed areas. I was covered well but the area between the gloves and sleeves, and the area around my neck where I wiped sweat broke out.
I have not had any previous exposure to these kind of plants so it will be great if you could help me identify what these creepers/plants are, which ones do I need to address, and, if possible, how.
Thanks,
Raj
Fairfax County Virginia
Expert Response
The one not growing on the fence, but growing in the mulch is poison ivy.
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/identifying_poison_ivy_isnt_always_easy_to_do
The other two growing in the fence are not poison ivy.
The one growing at the base of the fence looks like English Ivy.
I do not recognize the shrub growing in the fence
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/identifying_poison_ivy_isnt_always_easy_to_do
The other two growing in the fence are not poison ivy.
The one growing at the base of the fence looks like English Ivy.
I do not recognize the shrub growing in the fence
Thanks for the id. I didn't expect that to be PI. I would have taken that to be a Maple sapling!!
-Raj
-Raj