(5/13/06)-Host Steve Owens sets the record straight with facts about poison ivy and explains how to correctly identify poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.
I've watched a lot of videos about poison ivy-oak-sumac, and I have to say this is the best and most informative one I've seen. I live on 10 acres in the woods and it is literally everywhere. Thankfully I don't get affected by it, but my wife on the other hand is one of the most sensitive people I know. I like how you covered boxelder too. I just found a boxelder tree in my woods behind my pole barn and was confused until I researched a bit and found out what it was. Great video sir!
Something this video fails to explain is that urushiol should be treated like a poisonous invisible grease; something analogous to an automotive grease that you can't see. Using only soapy water and rubbing contaminated skin with your hands won't effectively wash it off. A washrag or something equivalent is needed to effectively remove urushiol residue from the skin.
@@TheyForcedMyHandLE J. H. Brauker Ph.D. (Biochemistry) ruclips.net/video/4oyoDRHpQK0/видео.html ..., and by the way, this link is the best video you'll ever have seen about preventing poison ivy rash.
By far the best informational video on poison ivy I’ve ever seen! You actually got into the botany science explaining the difference in the leaf structures! I learned a great deal here, even beyond the primary subject matter. Makes me want to study more about plants in general. Thank you!
I second this!! I’m having a huge reaction right now all over my face, neck, and arms (and other places) and my family kept wanting me to go to urgent care because it’s around my eyes as well and that can be dangerous, but this video and the comments on RUclips are way more useful than any “wikihow” or tutorial I’ve found on Google. It really does make you want to study botany!!
Botany lesson on leaves starting at 4:00 was A+. After watching this, I was finally able to identify poison ivy without freaking out about other plants that have a leaf with compound leaflets and a singleton at the tip. Thanks!
For most of my life I never lived where there was any contact with poison ivy. I never saw it. Now I've moved out in the country and I have acres of it. The crap is everywhere.
Very good video,thank you...now I know. I'm cleaning out old fence line so I'll be very careful not to touch the plant or the vines... You are a very good teacher.
Best Poison Ivy video I seen. Thank you. When I was a young boy. I loved to explore the woods. That's when I learned the hard way. Poison ivy grows in vines. I had it all over my face and my arms.
I wish you had gone into detail of how to identify poison sumac... There is much of this sumac on long island ny.. Perhaps u can address poison sumac on another video.. All that said i would like to thank you for your expertise and efforts...God Bless
Thank you for the detailed education on leaf types and how to distinguish what is or is not poison ivy. I found this very informative and useful. Thank you!
@@bridgetholbert technu is used before and during work, not after. It has a chemical formulated to keep the oil from binding to your skin as easy and to wash off easier, but after you get the rash it is just like any other chemical/cleaner. Try different ones to see which one easies the itching/rash for you, each person is different. Use technu before your going to work in such plants, and during. Afterwards wash very well with soap, degreaser, or which ever wash you usually like. Orange hand cleaner is great for getting off oil also. But after the oil binds to your skin nothing will remove the chemical, only time. So after you get the rash try out different products to see which ones reduce the itching best for you. Also use skin lotion to keep the skin from drying out/cracking due to the rash.
This video is 8 years old, but I just wanted to say that from personal experience, I have seen poison oak, ivy and sumac in Northern California. Specifically in the Sierra Nevada foothills in the general area and surrounding areas from the valley of Sacramento up to the higher elevations in Nevada County and also a little lower in Yuba county. I was not allergic to these plants when I was younger and lived in Arkansas. When I was 13 I got mono and ebstien bar. Not sure if it is only a coincidence but I have been allergic to this oil ever since. Have had so many severe reactions after hikes in the woods. I thought poison oak was all I had to look out for but after getting a severe reaction seemingly different slightly than before, I went back to see why and I found ivy and sumac poison plants scattered everywhere as young and small plants sprouting up. It was early spring and the ivy was starting up everywhere and the sumac was coming up in the area’s with soft and waterlogged earth. This was several years ago and I have noticed all three plants nearly every nature walk through the woods since then. They have definitely had no problems flourishing here and have been the cause of many weeks of misery for me.
What a great educational.video!!! I am one of those that suffer greatly every time I have an exposure to poison ivy. This video is worth watching multiple times!!! Thank you!!!
Washing with only cold water is going to do nothing! Use any kind of *soap WITH A WASHRAG* to both break down the oil AND mechanically remove it. Just try washing any other kind of oil -- butter, olive oil, bacon fat, packing grease -- with cold water alone. Then wipe vigorously with a cloth or paper towel to see the difference. Definitely appreciate the botany lessons for telling them apart, especially difference between the toxic plants and boxelder!
Great info, i'am suffering right now with this rash.My dog ran through the woods 2 Sundays ago. I know thats how I got it. I had really never known what these plants look like. Thanks...............
Very informative. Thank you! I have always been allergic to poison ivy and, having woods on my property & several creek banks, I'm always on the look out for it.
I started collecting small trees in my back yard to make into bonsai and ran across a sapling with an interesting leaf shape. I am glad i saw this video and could tell difference between boxelder and poisen ivy. Thank you. I will very carefully pull them out and garbage them
On those big poison ivy vines climbing the trees do the following to kill it down to the roots. Make a small cut about 1/2 way through about chest height. Spray full strength Crossbow herbicide in the cut area. You can use a brush also to apply the herbicide. Go back every few days and repeat. You can use a brush too to apply. After a week or two, finish cutting and hit the stump with another application of Crossbow. If you just cut the vine all the way through the ivy will start sprouting from the roots all over the ground. Do this and it will kill it roots and all. Incidently, Roundup will not work nearly as well. Its just not that good on viney plants such as Ivy and honeysuckle. Applying Crossbow or Roundup directly on the stump of a tree within a few minutes of cutting will prevent it from sprouting back up. Trees like maple and sweet gum, which is a type of maple, are good candidates for doing this.
Thank you, Thank you, thank you. After my first recent exposure to poison ivy, I did not want to come to my garden. Your explanations and video guide help a lot.
Great video. Straight to the point. Easy to understand. Very helpful. I am new to Texas, never saw or heard about poison oak or ivy. Love camping. Need to learn.
I live in Tulsa. I found what I believed was poison oak growing from the ground as if coming up from an underground vine. This was after searching due to getting a short-lived rash after doing some trimming in my back yard. I cut the plants at the ground, bagged them and sprayed Roundup. I kept this up all summer in several sections of my yard inside and outside a chain link fence. My yard is heavily shaded and overgrown with a variety of vines and small trees. I found the major vine( 'hairy' and about an inch in diameter) on the fence. I cut it at the base and sprayed it with roundup. This was 5-7 years ago. I have not come in contact again with this plant nor seen any plants. I have plenty of Virginia Creeper and sometime have to take a double take, but so far I feel it is long gone. Could I be so lucky as to have killed it off, or should I expect to see it eventually reappear. THanks. Your program was by far the most helpful and informative! I never wear gloves when pulling vines. I recognize most tree seedlings. I just trust my eyes and love to be outdoors pruning and pulling greens that don't belong. Could I be immune? Or just lucky. Thanks.
Laura Singer Virginia creeper can cause a reaction because of the oxilate crystals that are in the vine. But nothing like poison ivy. I like the way it looks and many people use it for growing on their houses. It turns a pretty red in the fall. I like it!
Your maps show the state of Oregon to be free of these toxic plants. However I grew up in the Willamette Valley and we have a type of Poison Oak which is quite prevalent. Its foliage becomes quite shiny and red, and dwells in shady areas under conifers. It’s a ground creeper. Can you say something about this one?
Keep a full tube of Zanfel if anyone is allergic. Use Zanfel soon as possible one time at first sign of breakout is much cheaper than after it spreads.
This video is very useful I appreciate this opportunity for you to teach us to be careful in the forest or at our backyard or anything outside to be careful not to touch any plants. P.s ❤️
Was that even poison ivy during the botany lesson? I don't think it has serrated or crenated leaf edges. I have seen it present as a "mitten" but mostly it is smooth-edged.
Thanks for these valuable info. I had doubts whether my hives emanated from the garden or the food alergy, but now i am almost certain that I have had this poison ivy. But I am told there is no poison ivy in UK.
Its good to be familiar with identifying poison ivy without leaves before you start running a chainsaw. Trust me on that. I didnt realize that 3" thick vine wrapped around the dead blowdown was poison ivy. I found out a few hours later though.
You can use hot soapy water and friction, eg a rough wash cloth or sponge to wash the oil off the skin up to a few hours after exposure. Any time I have been exposed( its in my yard!) it takes several days for a rash to appear or any itching.
yep the rash can take from a day to a week to show up. When your washing your hands/arms etc to try and remove such oil, think of the oil as Tar. Its very stick, very hard to get off, and very stubborn. Even washing like 5-10 minutes good will only remove maybe 1/2 the oil on exposed areas. Don't be afraid after such outdoor work to really scrub good, hard, and long to remove that horrible invisible oil.
Great video. I like how you showed that poison oak can be mistaken for poison ivy. Knowing that, I think I may have some poison oak out front instead of p ivy
Thanks for making this video, it was very educational for me. I just wish I had seen it a week ago. LOL! I got into some poison ivy last week and have been trying to get rid of the rash ever since.
Like he said, there are variations in the sub species. Other plants can break you out. Poison hemlock, cow weed, hogweed, & this red vining plant with feelers like grapes that has compound leaflets of three. Grows from Florida to Virginia & is in the wisteria family.
Also heard it described as Scarlet Sumac. The berry clusters look like tiny tight crimson grape clusters, but they're hairy. The branches are also like a deer in felt. Very interesting looking! Poison sumac has white berries. Don't make tea with that one! If you make tea with the Scarlet Sumac, strain it before drinking, to remove all the hairs from the brew. It tastes a bit like lemonade, unless you brew it too long, then it has a musky taste to it. I used to collect the clusters and brew the tea in Pennsylvania, years ago. Now I live in the deep South, and I haven't seen any growing around here.
no remember, poison ivy is leaves of 3 like he showed. The leaves are 5:15 are just demonstrating the types of leaf designs. He shows you the poison ivy leaves later. Leaves with 3 leaflets 2 to the sides, 1 forward. The same with poison oak that he shows, but poison oak leaves are darker, can turn reddish as the plant gets bigger. Poison ivy leaves are always green.
This guy sorta reminds me of a young Martin Milner from the Adam-12 tv series. Officer Pete Malloy reporting for a discussion about the dangers of poison ivy! I learned a lot! Thanks!
When he showed the "good" sumac, he picked up the vase first with gloves on, then afterward with them off. If they were the same gloves with which he handled the toxicodendrons, then he wound up getting urushiol on his hands.
Good catch! He could have ended up with urushiol on his hands. Be sure to always clean off tools and be aware of what you touch. Thank you for watching!
A caution worth adding is the affect of poison ivy if you are particularly sensitive to it or, in other words are "hypersensitive" to urushiol . In this case, pistachios and cashews are NOT made edible by roasting and the ooze from blisters will spread a reaction. I would also recommend against handling a mango if you are hypersensitive.
ooze from blisters does not spread urushiol. Rashes to poison ivy are your body's way of trying to "flush" the urushiol out of your system. Urushiol is harmless, an inert molecule but once it binds to the proteins in your skin it cannot be removed. Your body thinks urushiol is dangerous so reacts to it as if it was a dangerous substance, causing blisters to use fluid to wash out the molecule. Plasma, liquid in blisters does not contain urushiol, its just your body's natural plasma, fluids trying to flush out a substance that cannot be flushed out. It will not spread poison ivy. Because poison ivy can take many days to appear, and often appears at different times on different parts of your body people think it can be spread. The oil can spread that contains urushiol, but once urushiol binds to your skin its like a tattoo, it cannot be spread, removed, washed off, etc.
@@eolsunder Having had a background in nature and science I would want to agree with you, however close observation of the large voluminous blisters would tend to indicate to me that the process might not be so well defined. Now days, at the first sign of that unique type of itch, accompanied by minuscule initial blisters, I run for the Betamethasone Dipropinate cream to avoid a two to three week ordeal.
Cold water causes an increase in oil not flowing (staying on your hand). That is called viscosity, resistance to flow. Interesting about the cold water. They want your pores closed, and that makes sense too.
Not necessarily, they do get it on their fur and transfer it. I've never heard of them being allergic, but never say never, nature will surprise the most wise woodsman,
How do you clean the tools ??? If after a year the poison can still be attached and active???? !!!!!!!! And frankly using just cold water to wash it away from your skin may not be enough to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!
One thing I've been noticing about poison ivy is that it grows where man goes. Basically any area devoloped by man...such as golf courses, farms, and even along well used woodland paths. I can't recall in 62 years ever finding it deep in untouched woods. Funny thing...I walked through the woods many times over the course of 40 plus years...finally got poison ivy rash on both arms and shins chasing after a 50 cent golfball. LOL
Nice video! I found once I have it and the itch is unbearable I can get total relief for a few hours by heating the area as hot or hotter than I can stand for a second or two with a hair dryer or very hot water. So hot you can only take a second or two. Works on mosquito bites too. Saved my sanity!
Another thing you can get is jewel weed products! Jewel weed is God’s natural antidote to poison ivy! The oil in the stems, leaves, and roots provide aid for poison ivy symptoms! They also protect against ever getting it! My best advice is get jewel weed salve, and you can rub it on the rash/ bumps! God bless you!
yep that is what i do also. The heat will cause it to itch more since its opening up the receptors, but it will also overload the receptors after a while to the point it will stop the itch and will take some time to "reset" . I usually find with myself taking 3 hot showers a day keeps the itching down , and occasional hair dryer treatments to problem areas (usually wrists) for those occasional itch flareups.
To add ... Urushiol gets into the trees poison ivy/oak attaches itself to . Avoid any logs that had vines attached to them, and especially ones with reddish-purplish streaks in them !!!
Yes, and after a tree that is wrapped in poison ivy is cut or dead, leave it alone for about a year. The urushiol remains for about that long after dead.
yes very true. It is an oil, and that oil can get on anything that the plant is on, and does last a while. Clothes, trees, other plants, pretty much anything that oil can stick to.
I found what I thought was Poison Ivy in my yard. I then searched RUclips for videos identifying the plant. Yours is by far the best one. Thank you.
I've watched a lot of videos about poison ivy-oak-sumac, and I have to say this is the best and most informative one I've seen. I live on 10 acres in the woods and it is literally everywhere. Thankfully I don't get affected by it, but my wife on the other hand is one of the most sensitive people I know. I like how you covered boxelder too. I just found a boxelder tree in my woods behind my pole barn and was confused until I researched a bit and found out what it was. Great video sir!
The best video on poison ivy and other poisonous plants I have yet to see anywhere. Thanks.
Something this video fails to explain is that urushiol should be treated like a poisonous invisible grease; something analogous to an automotive grease that you can't see. Using only soapy water and rubbing contaminated skin with your hands won't effectively wash it off. A washrag or something equivalent is needed to effectively remove urushiol residue from the skin.
Did you happen to get this information from a source you wish to reference?
@@TheyForcedMyHandLE J. H. Brauker Ph.D. (Biochemistry) ruclips.net/video/4oyoDRHpQK0/видео.html
..., and by the way, this link is the best video you'll ever have seen about preventing poison ivy rash.
Friction with a wash cloth is the best way to remove.
@@r.j.martin1818 I just thought it woulda been nice to see him credited in your original post ;)
And then send the washrag directly to the pit of Hell.
By far the best informational video on poison ivy I’ve ever seen! You actually got into the botany science explaining the difference in the leaf structures! I learned a great deal here, even beyond the primary subject matter. Makes me want to study more about plants in general. Thank you!
Then you haven't seen very many videos, and this guy talks endlessly, saying very little. He could condense what you need to know in five minutes.
I second this!! I’m having a huge reaction right now all over my face, neck, and arms (and other places) and my family kept wanting me to go to urgent care because it’s around my eyes as well and that can be dangerous, but this video and the comments on RUclips are way more useful than any “wikihow” or tutorial I’ve found on Google. It really does make you want to study botany!!
Botany lesson on leaves starting at 4:00 was A+. After watching this, I was finally able to identify poison ivy without freaking out about other plants that have a leaf with compound leaflets and a singleton at the tip. Thanks!
This video should be presented all through 3rd grade through high school. Yeah, many people need to hear & see it more than a dozen times.
For most of my life I never lived where there was any contact with poison ivy. I never saw it. Now I've moved out in the country and I have acres of it. The crap is everywhere.
Very good video,thank you...now I know. I'm cleaning out old fence line so I'll be very careful not to touch the plant or the vines... You are a very good teacher.
+Thomas Gargano, thanks for tuning in! We appreciate you and are glad we could help! Happy Gardening!
Leaflets aren't always attached to rachis -- sometimes they're on windshield wipers.
Best Poison Ivy video I seen. Thank you. When I was a young boy. I loved to explore the woods. That's when I learned the hard way. Poison ivy grows in vines. I had it all over my face and my arms.
I wish you had gone into detail of how to identify poison sumac... There is much of this sumac on long island ny.. Perhaps u can address poison sumac on another video.. All that said i would like to thank you for your expertise and efforts...God Bless
Thank you for the detailed education on leaf types and how to distinguish what is or is not poison ivy. I found this very informative and useful. Thank you!
Simple yet Brilliant and informative.
Thanks for watching!
Also use dawn dish soap. If the rash breaks out use zanfel. It's expensive but works miracle well!
it's best to not wash at all if you're not allergic, and also shake everyone's hand you meet
Waste of money buying zanfel, just use hand sanitizer or any one of the mechanic's hand degreasers.
Techno works just as well as Zanfel. Much cheaper too. Orange Hand Cleaner is very effective as well
@@bridgetholbert technu is used before and during work, not after. It has a chemical formulated to keep the oil from binding to your skin as easy and to wash off easier, but after you get the rash it is just like any other chemical/cleaner. Try different ones to see which one easies the itching/rash for you, each person is different. Use technu before your going to work in such plants, and during. Afterwards wash very well with soap, degreaser, or which ever wash you usually like. Orange hand cleaner is great for getting off oil also. But after the oil binds to your skin nothing will remove the chemical, only time. So after you get the rash try out different products to see which ones reduce the itching best for you. Also use skin lotion to keep the skin from drying out/cracking due to the rash.
@@eolsunder thank you
This video is 8 years old, but I just wanted to say that from personal experience, I have seen poison oak, ivy and sumac in Northern California. Specifically in the Sierra Nevada foothills in the general area and surrounding areas from the valley of Sacramento up to the higher elevations in Nevada County and also a little lower in Yuba county. I was not allergic to these plants when I was younger and lived in Arkansas. When I was 13 I got mono and ebstien bar. Not sure if it is only a coincidence but I have been allergic to this oil ever since. Have had so many severe reactions after hikes in the woods. I thought poison oak was all I had to look out for but after getting a severe reaction seemingly different slightly than before, I went back to see why and I found ivy and sumac poison plants scattered everywhere as young and small plants sprouting up. It was early spring and the ivy was starting up everywhere and the sumac was coming up in the area’s with soft and waterlogged earth. This was several years ago and I have noticed all three plants nearly every nature walk through the woods since then. They have definitely had no problems flourishing here and have been the cause of many weeks of misery for me.
What a great educational.video!!! I am one of those that suffer greatly every time I have an exposure to poison ivy. This video is worth watching multiple times!!! Thank you!!!
This has got the be the best video I've seen on identification. Thanks!
This was the best info that I have ever seen , great job!
Daveyhunter6 Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
I agree..l learned so much. Never knew about compound leaf. Thought it only grew 5 inches from the ground. Never in a vine. Thank you so much.
I'd be interested in hearing how you learned about these plants. You are so knowledgeable.
Washing with only cold water is going to do nothing! Use any kind of *soap WITH A WASHRAG* to both break down the oil AND mechanically remove it. Just try washing any other kind of oil -- butter, olive oil, bacon fat, packing grease -- with cold water alone. Then wipe vigorously with a cloth or paper towel to see the difference. Definitely appreciate the botany lessons for telling them apart, especially difference between the toxic plants and boxelder!
I agree, water will not break down the oil. You need a surfactant, such as soap.
It's also very good advice to use a cloth to give the infected area a good wiping with a washcloth with soap and water
I've also gotten it in winter from the stems.
Great info, i'am suffering right now with this rash.My dog ran through the woods 2 Sundays ago. I know thats how I got it. I had really never known what these plants look like. Thanks...............
Watched the whole thing. Now I can’t stop the itching!
I live in North California and now I know what that pretty dark green vine in my flower garden is. Thanks so much.
Very informative. Thank you! I have always been allergic to poison ivy and, having woods on my property & several creek banks, I'm always on the look out for it.
Very impressed with this informative & educational video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I’ve been looking for good poison ivy identification videos and pictures for years. This is the best id video I’ve found so far!
Educational. I'm not familiar with it but now I learned a lot. Very informative. Thank you. Godbless
I started collecting small trees in my back yard to make into bonsai and ran across a sapling with an interesting leaf shape. I am glad i saw this video and could tell difference between boxelder and poisen ivy. Thank you. I will very carefully pull them out and garbage them
Sir, excellent video. Thank you for this gift to us and for your time.
On those big poison ivy vines climbing the trees do the following to kill it down to the roots. Make a small cut about 1/2 way through about chest height. Spray full strength Crossbow herbicide in the cut area. You can use a brush also to apply the herbicide. Go back every few days and repeat. You can use a brush too to apply. After a week or two, finish cutting and hit the stump with another application of Crossbow. If you just cut the vine all the way through the ivy will start sprouting from the roots all over the ground. Do this and it will kill it roots and all. Incidently, Roundup will not work nearly as well. Its just not that good on viney plants such as Ivy and honeysuckle. Applying Crossbow or Roundup directly on the stump of a tree within a few minutes of cutting will prevent it from sprouting back up. Trees like maple and sweet gum, which is a type of maple, are good candidates for doing this.
Thank you, Thank you, thank you. After my first recent exposure to poison ivy, I did not want to come to my garden. Your explanations and video guide help a lot.
Great video. Straight to the point. Easy to understand. Very helpful. I am new to Texas, never saw or heard about poison oak or ivy. Love camping. Need to learn.
This was awesome--really well explained. And cool jazz at the end :)
I live in Tulsa. I found what I believed was poison oak growing from the ground as if coming up from an underground vine. This was after searching due to getting a short-lived rash after doing some trimming in my back yard. I cut the plants at the ground, bagged them and sprayed Roundup. I kept this up all summer in several sections of my yard inside and outside a chain link fence. My yard is heavily shaded and overgrown with a variety of vines and small trees. I found the major vine( 'hairy' and about an inch in diameter) on the fence. I cut it at the base and sprayed it with roundup. This was 5-7 years ago. I have not come in contact again with this plant nor seen any plants. I have plenty of Virginia Creeper and sometime have to take a double take, but so far I feel it is long gone. Could I be so lucky as to have killed it off, or should I expect to see it eventually reappear. THanks. Your program was by far the most helpful and informative! I never wear gloves when pulling vines. I recognize most tree seedlings. I just trust my eyes and love to be outdoors pruning and pulling greens that don't belong. Could I be immune? Or just lucky. Thanks.
Laura Singer Virginia creeper can cause a reaction because of the oxilate crystals that are in the vine. But nothing like poison ivy. I like the way it looks and many people use it for growing on their houses. It turns a pretty red in the fall. I like it!
Thank you for your video. It is the best one I have seen on identifying poisonous plants..esp poison ivy.
Really great video! Learned so much and thanks a lot for sharing!
So happy we could help! Thanks for watching!
the best video i come cross on this matter so far, well explained with abundance of info . thank you for sharing your knowledge
Your maps show the state of Oregon to be free of these toxic plants. However I grew up in the Willamette Valley and we have a type of Poison Oak which is quite prevalent. Its foliage becomes quite shiny and red, and dwells in shady areas under conifers. It’s a ground creeper. Can you say something about this one?
70yr old man - born in the coal fields of SE KY. I was taught .... LEAVES OF 3 - LET IT BE.
Thanks for the info. I just got some words of wisdom.
Best video I've seen about poison ivy. Thanks
Thank you for making this excellent video!
This guy is almost as passionate about Oklahoma as he is about poison ivy!
Keep a full tube of Zanfel if anyone is allergic. Use Zanfel soon as possible one time at first sign of breakout is much cheaper than after it spreads.
This video is very useful I appreciate this opportunity for you to teach us to be careful in the forest or at our backyard or anything outside to be careful not to touch any plants. P.s ❤️
The best thing I have found for washing off urushiol oil is a product called Tecnu. It has mineral spirits that cut through the oil.
how about a taser to electro-chemically change the chemical compound to nullify the effects?
Can you prove that urushiol isn't coated on the outside of the leaves?
Wow! Fantastic video...I will never have a question again about poison ivy and its relatives.
Excellent presentation that is packed with factual information.
what kind of vegatation is almost always seen in abandoned property?
Very informative!!! Great explanation. Thanks so much for educating.
The Sherrif says "kill it before it grows"
That would be old John Brown, yeah I remember him!
Was that even poison ivy during the botany lesson? I don't think it has serrated or crenated leaf edges. I have seen it present as a "mitten" but mostly it is smooth-edged.
I wish i could find an in depth video like this on poison sumac (ohio)
Thank you! Excellent information and presentation.
Thanks for these valuable info. I had doubts whether my hives emanated from the garden or the food alergy, but now i am almost certain that I have had this poison ivy. But I am told there is no poison ivy in UK.
Great video! Thanks for the explanations.
Excellent presentation!
This is a great video. Thanks !!!
The Willamette Valley in western Oregon has a large number of poison oak.
Its good to be familiar with identifying poison ivy without leaves before you start running a chainsaw. Trust me on that. I didnt realize that 3" thick vine wrapped around the dead blowdown was poison ivy. I found out a few hours later though.
You can use hot soapy water and friction, eg a rough wash cloth or sponge to wash the oil off the skin up to a few hours after exposure.
Any time I have been exposed( its in my yard!) it takes several days for a rash to appear or any itching.
yep the rash can take from a day to a week to show up. When your washing your hands/arms etc to try and remove such oil, think of the oil as Tar. Its very stick, very hard to get off, and very stubborn. Even washing like 5-10 minutes good will only remove maybe 1/2 the oil on exposed areas. Don't be afraid after such outdoor work to really scrub good, hard, and long to remove that horrible invisible oil.
Many thanks! You're a great educator!
Very good explanation. Thanks!
Best information I have ever seen on poison ivy.
Great video. I like how you showed that poison oak can be mistaken for poison ivy. Knowing that, I think I may have some poison oak out front instead of p ivy
How does it spread on your skin?
Thanks for making this video, it was very educational for me. I just wish I had seen it a week ago. LOL! I got into some poison ivy last week and have been trying to get rid of the rash ever since.
Zanfel
Good video, thanks so much. Learned a lot.
Like he said, there are variations in the sub species. Other plants can break you out. Poison hemlock, cow weed, hogweed, & this red vining plant with feelers like grapes that has compound leaflets of three. Grows from Florida to Virginia & is in the wisteria family.
I learned some new things here. Thanks!
The nice sumac is also known as Staghorn Stumac and you can make native American tea out of the purple bulbs on top.
Yeah, but if someone got the tops from poison sumac then that would be tragic. 😨
It is not the same as smooth sumac. Two different species. So no, it is not also known as staghorn sumac.
Also heard it described as Scarlet Sumac. The berry clusters look like tiny tight crimson grape clusters, but they're hairy. The branches are also like a deer in felt. Very interesting looking! Poison sumac has white berries. Don't make tea with that one! If you make tea with the Scarlet Sumac, strain it before drinking, to remove all the hairs from the brew. It tastes a bit like lemonade, unless you brew it too long, then it has a musky taste to it. I used to collect the clusters and brew the tea in Pennsylvania, years ago. Now I live in the deep South, and I haven't seen any growing around here.
5:15 Are these leaves used in the example poison ivy? I’m thinking they’re not.
no remember, poison ivy is leaves of 3 like he showed. The leaves are 5:15 are just demonstrating the types of leaf designs. He shows you the poison ivy leaves later. Leaves with 3 leaflets 2 to the sides, 1 forward. The same with poison oak that he shows, but poison oak leaves are darker, can turn reddish as the plant gets bigger. Poison ivy leaves are always green.
Cold water only or with soap?
This guy sorta reminds me of a young Martin Milner from the Adam-12 tv series. Officer Pete Malloy reporting for a discussion about the dangers of poison ivy! I learned a lot! Thanks!
Some dermatologists say to wash with water soap can cause spreading.
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Definitive poison plant identifier tutorial. Thank you.
This is making me itch... Proper pronunciation of pecan earned you a subscriber.
When he showed the "good" sumac, he picked up the vase first with gloves on, then afterward with them off. If they were the same gloves with which he handled the toxicodendrons, then he wound up getting urushiol on his hands.
Good catch! He could have ended up with urushiol on his hands. Be sure to always clean off tools and be aware of what you touch. Thank you for watching!
I hope he survived.
In California there are poison oak and poison sumac only.
Can it be used as a weapon,like a pepper spray
james goodwin, yes, but only satan himself would do such a thing
A caution worth adding is the affect of poison ivy if you are particularly sensitive to it or, in other words are "hypersensitive" to urushiol . In this case, pistachios and cashews are NOT made edible by roasting and the ooze from blisters will spread a reaction. I would also recommend against handling a mango if you are hypersensitive.
Interesting! I always thought I was "hypersensitive" -- but I have no problems with pistachios or cashews. :)
ooze from blisters does not spread urushiol. Rashes to poison ivy are your body's way of trying to "flush" the urushiol out of your system. Urushiol is harmless, an inert molecule but once it binds to the proteins in your skin it cannot be removed. Your body thinks urushiol is dangerous so reacts to it as if it was a dangerous substance, causing blisters to use fluid to wash out the molecule. Plasma, liquid in blisters does not contain urushiol, its just your body's natural plasma, fluids trying to flush out a substance that cannot be flushed out. It will not spread poison ivy. Because poison ivy can take many days to appear, and often appears at different times on different parts of your body people think it can be spread. The oil can spread that contains urushiol, but once urushiol binds to your skin its like a tattoo, it cannot be spread, removed, washed off, etc.
@@eolsunder Having had a background in nature and science I would want to agree with you, however close observation of the large voluminous blisters would tend to indicate to me that the process might not be so well defined. Now days, at the first sign of that unique type of itch, accompanied by minuscule initial blisters, I run for the Betamethasone Dipropinate cream to avoid a two to three week ordeal.
Cold water causes an increase in oil not flowing (staying on your hand). That is called viscosity, resistance to flow. Interesting about the cold water. They want your pores closed, and that makes sense too.
Thanks ... so helpful
Thank you for watching!
Nice video, Fels-Naptha Soap is suppose to have something in it that will stop the itch.
Lots of info. Thank you
I have several experienced friends that tell me we have poison Oak in the Blue Ridge Mtns of Georgia and NC. Can that be?
Jerry Rubio its down there too. There's a map that show where its located in the United States..
Jerry Rubio yes we do. The map showed it also.
Poison oak in California certainly climbs as a vine. It’s nasty along the coastal region.
Thank goodness here in Puerto Rico there are no poison ivy nor Ryberg's poison ivy nor poison oak nor poison sumac in its forests.
Are pets like cats and/or dogs allergic to poison ivy, etc.
Not necessarily, they do get it on their fur and transfer it. I've never heard of them being allergic, but never say never, nature will surprise the most wise woodsman,
Good old RUclips when udecative content was made with poor quality cameras and yet it is still interesting.
Now it's all about clickbaits.
How do you clean the tools ??? If after a year the poison can still be attached and active???? !!!!!!!! And frankly using just cold water to wash it away from your skin may not be enough to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!
One thing I've been noticing about poison ivy is that it grows where man goes. Basically any area devoloped by man...such as golf courses, farms, and even along well used woodland paths. I can't recall in 62 years ever finding it deep in untouched woods. Funny thing...I walked through the woods many times over the course of 40 plus years...finally got poison ivy rash on both arms and shins chasing after a 50 cent golfball. LOL
thankyou for the help very much
No problem Patti! Thank you for watching!
Great video
That first plant you cut was poison ivy? I thought they were smooth.
Got it. Sorry. You explained it later on.
Nice video! I found once I have it and the itch is unbearable I can get total relief for a few hours by heating the area as hot or hotter than I can stand for a second or two with a hair dryer or very hot water.
So hot you can only take a second or two.
Works on mosquito bites too.
Saved my sanity!
Another thing you can get is jewel weed products! Jewel weed is God’s natural antidote to poison ivy! The oil in the stems, leaves, and roots provide aid for poison ivy symptoms! They also protect against ever getting it! My best advice is get jewel weed salve, and you can rub it on the rash/ bumps! God bless you!
yep that is what i do also. The heat will cause it to itch more since its opening up the receptors, but it will also overload the receptors after a while to the point it will stop the itch and will take some time to "reset" . I usually find with myself taking 3 hot showers a day keeps the itching down , and occasional hair dryer treatments to problem areas (usually wrists) for those occasional itch flareups.
Thanks for the info. I live in Virginia and now I'm even more worried because I'm very allergic.
To add ... Urushiol gets into the trees poison ivy/oak attaches itself to . Avoid any logs that had vines attached to them, and especially ones with reddish-purplish streaks in them !!!
Yes, and after a tree that is wrapped in poison ivy is cut or dead, leave it alone for about a year. The urushiol remains for about that long after dead.
yes very true. It is an oil, and that oil can get on anything that the plant is on, and does last a while. Clothes, trees, other plants, pretty much anything that oil can stick to.