The staghorn sumac seed heads are beginning to change color and are now pale yellow, but as summer progresses the seed heads will become a crimson color. If you are not familiar with the staghorn ...

Experts say poisonous plants are common in the Four States, but learning how to identify and avoid them can help people enjoy ...

Cody Bowling shares tips on poison ivy — identification, treatment, and removal. Rash isn’t contagious. Homemade spray helps kill the plants.

For example, hair products and jewelry cause ACD on the scalp and ears while poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac usually produce lesions on the arms and hands (Habif, 2004).

The most common causes of ACD are the plants of the Rhus genus, poison ivy (toxicodendron radican), poison oak (toxicodendron quercifolium and toxicodendron diversilobum), and poison sumac ...

The best time to remove poison ivy is during the summer while it’s actively growing and before it produces berries. Avoid ...

Here’s how the appearance of poison ivy changes by season in Ontario – and why you don’t even need to touch it to get a rash.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fortunately, most local areas have received significant rainfall over the past week, which is certainly welcome. There were several days where I distinctly ...

“The main cause of exposure to poison hemlock is misidentification,” Marshall said. “Because it is often confused with the wild carrot, poison hemlock is accidentally ingested. If you are not 100 ...

While those shiny green leaves lining the base of a tree might look harmless, poison ivy isn't anything to mess around with, especially when the results of touching it are an itchy red rash that lasts ...

If you do happen to ‘brush’ against poison ivy, the rash and itch responses are caused by the oily residue in the plant’s parts: leaves, stems, and trunk, known as urushiol.