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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.
But the plants look different. I have sensitive skin, but like my dad do
not seem to be bothered by poison oak, where as my brother only has to get
near it it seems.