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The leaves appear in groups of three.
Poison ivy grows as a small plant, as a bush, or as a vine.
The oil from the plant leaves irritates the skin.
The redness and blistering from the rash often appears in streaks or lines, because the leaf brushes across the body in a line as a person walks past.
The oil from the plant leaves irritates the skin.
The redness and blistering from the rash is often arranged in streaks or lines, because the leaf brushes across the body in a line as a person walks past.
Poison oak can grow on a tree or a vine. The leaves look wavy and grow in groups of threes.
Poison sumac can have groups of 6-12 leaves. Each stem has leaves growing across (parallel) from each other. Young plants are red or red-brown. As a poison sumac plant grows older, the leaves will become brown or grey.
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