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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Poison ivy, oak and sumac all can create itchy rashes from urushiol. What you need to know before the rash starts.