Georgia's ecosystem is beautiful, diverse, and sometimes deadly. Here are six plants to avoid if you find them in your yard or in the woods.

A relative to poison ivy, poison sumac is a flowering shrub or woody plant that contains the same oil. However, it is considered more allergenic, causing a very inflamed, painful and itchy rash.

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 ...

In addition to poison ivy, there are a few other related plants that can cause the same allergic rash: poison oak and poison sumac. With the plants lurking on forest grounds or wrapped around ...

You can’t get a poison ivy, oak, or sumac rash by touching another person’s rash, and the fluid from any blisters doesn't contain urushiol oil and are therefore also not contagious.

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

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

“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 ...

Poison sumac thrives in wet, swampy regions in the Northeast, Midwest and parts of the Southeast U.S. Leaves of a poison sumac plant have clusters of seven to 13 smooth leaflets arranged in pairs ...