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THIS IS POISON IVEY..Many folks, not sure what Poison Ivey looks
like, have tried to find a picture of it so they can tell it
from other similar vines. I have collected samples of a few similar plants
here in Smith Co., TX and what folks here call them. |
A number of folks have asked me how to identify Poison Ivy and I couldn't find a picture to send them ... SOOOOoooo... decided to scan a piece of the vine itself so others would be able to identify it. Used a paper towell to handle it and tweezers to arrange it. I have always heard that it turns red in the fall, but in my area of Texas zone 7/8 I have not noticed it doing so.. maybe I've just been too busy and didn't notice. Will have to check it out this fall.
The following plants are not poisonous, unless you are
allergic to them.
Non-poisonous
I'm not sure this is a trumpet vine, but the leaves look
just like the ones that I have seen blooming. This vine has such sturdy
stems that it can stand on its own some what like a Wisteria that has been
trained to a 'tree.' The ones that keep coming up on my bit of Turtle Island
have never bloomed in all the time I've been here. It may not be a Trumpet,
but it isn't poisonous to touch and that is what we are trying to discern.
If anyone has any other similar scans to differentiate plants from Poison
Ivey, send me a scan of it and I will put it on line with these.