Poison Ivy

Herbe à puce

Toxicodendron radicans

• Description

  The usually shinny leaves of Poison Ivy have three pointed leaflets. They are reddish in spring, turn green during the summer, and become yellow-orange, or red in the fall. Yellow-green flowers appear during the summer. Green to yellow clustered, round, waxy berries appear by September.

• Habitat

  Beaches & Sand Dunes, Coastal Shorelines, Coastal Zone, Forest, Mixed Woods

• Interesting Fact

  Contact with any broken part of the plant may cause a blisters and intense itching. Nevertheless, Poison Ivy is commonly eaten by many animals and the seeds are consumed by birds.