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Default Last days of summer
On 9/26/2013 5:31 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:14:23 -0400, iBoaterer
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In article ,
 says...

They are essentially the same weed.

Nope. They are simply related. Which has NOTHING to do with toxicity.

These plants all belong to the plant genus, toxicodendron and contain
the same toxin urushiol in a similar amount.
You get the rash he same way and you treat it the same way.

Like most things, the people who have it (ivy vs oak) say theirs is
the worst but there is no real difference.


still, not nearly as much oak as ivy up here. I think in 50 years I may
have seen it twice... I have poison ivy in my yard and so does everyone
else around here that doesn't chase with weed killer...
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