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Mugu

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43. Yes.

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 08:33 PM

Apr 2020

I have tons of poison sumac as well as poison ivy and a bit of poison oak on my property. They all have the same toxin.

Fortunately, I'm not allergic, but my girlfriend is. She learned the old saying "hairy vine, no friend of mine" the hard way.

I've always found it amazing that the local deer population love to eat the stuff.

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I learned to identify poison ivy at a very early age. I seemed to be especially [View all] Atticus Apr 2020 OP

I liked this story very much. Thanks for sharing. SoonerPride Apr 2020 #1

Are you sure his name wasn't Donnie? MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #2

Every community has one of those. I know one in mine. riversedge Apr 2020 #3

When I was a kid I did not have any reaction to Poision Ivy... mitch96 Apr 2020 #4

Me too. I've never experienced it but my brother was always highly susceptible. captain queeg Apr 2020 #37

" I'm not sure I'd even recognize it" mitch96 Apr 2020 #38

Learn The Leaf Shape! ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #45

I was the kid who, like you, broke out from the merest contact. Igel Apr 2020 #5

My very worst bout with poison ivy was when I, like you, walked through the smoke Atticus Apr 2020 #7

I've Heard That, Too ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #48

Some folks never learn. Really, some folks never do... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #6

Leaves of three, leave it be! Goodheart Apr 2020 #8

I was Bobby..LOL LeftInTX Apr 2020 #9

Okay,my poison ivy story has got all the twists of stupidity with "Florida Man" including- wait 4 it marked50 Apr 2020 #10

Unfortunately, you are probably allergic to mangos LeftInTX Apr 2020 #25

An Interesting conjecture. marked50 Apr 2020 #42

With mangoes for me, it's only contact dermatitis LeftInTX Apr 2020 #44

A trick I learned about poison ivy as a Master Gardener is flying_wahini Apr 2020 #11

I do that, but then use LOTS of Technu brand lotion and scrub scrub scrub. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #14

Dollar General never closed down here; they sell food! oldsoftie Apr 2020 #16

I knew I was allergic also at an early age, always playing in Midwest fields. And TWICE... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #12

My husband got the "walked thru smoke" case from hell. Lars39 Apr 2020 #13

I've never reacted to poison ivy or poison oak. MineralMan Apr 2020 #15

Neither did I, until.... Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #17

I figure it's better to be safe that to be sorry. MineralMan Apr 2020 #19

Risk for allergies increases with each exposure LeftInTX Apr 2020 #26

Yup. My allergy bucket got full. NT Happy Hoosier Apr 2020 #39

My boss had a lot of poison ivy in his backyard at a house he just purchased. Goodheart Apr 2020 #18

Have a friend whose Aunt threw some poison on a brush fire Maggiemayhem Apr 2020 #21

I've read that 1 in 3 people actually *is* immune to poison ivy. forgotmylogin Apr 2020 #20

I have heard poison oak and poison ivy are genetically the same Maggiemayhem Apr 2020 #22

That's likely. forgotmylogin Apr 2020 #23

The same, or very close, soldierant Apr 2020 #29

Wonder if poison sumac is in that family. n/t dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #40

Yes. Mugu Apr 2020 #43

Never saw any of those plants until we moved into our current house. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #51

Unfortunately, I do not know the answer. Mugu Apr 2020 #52

I'm not a doctor. . . Collimator Apr 2020 #24

Anaphylaxis after a period of non-exposure is a well-enough known phenomenon soldierant Apr 2020 #30

Don't burn it! Aussie105 Apr 2020 #27

No one is ever so wrong... Grokenstein Apr 2020 #28

Had he eaten some, my guess is that soldierant Apr 2020 #31

A dear friend of my mother's accidentally "ate" Poison Ivy. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #34

Well, yes. There is that. Thanks. So glad you got there in time. soldierant Apr 2020 #41

Treating poison ivy rash BobsYourUncle Apr 2020 #32

I looked up emetic... BobsYourUncle Apr 2020 #33

For some reason, I am only sensitive to poison ivy in the fall. Blue_true Apr 2020 #35

How to kill it BlueTexasMan Apr 2020 #36

The best way to be rid of it is to bring in a herd of herbivores Mugu Apr 2020 #46

My mother and her father grew in S Arkansas before electricity on a small farm. Both become immun. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #47

I have some now. we can do it Apr 2020 #49

A lot of people will not learn or refuse to learn from such an experience Meowmee Apr 2020 #50