By: Léa Morin★

Poison Ivy

History of the plant

The urushoil oil in the plant was discovered in

1910 by japenese scientist.

Urushoil toxic liquid

How dose it reproduce?(Spread)

It will reproduce by seed or undergroumd stems.

If burned and the smoke if breathed

in, rash could appear on the top

of your lungs and it could be

permanent.

DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER

Symptoms of the poison ivy.

Some of the symptoms are

Rash Iching

Burning Redness

Blisters will also appear.

Most of the symptoms will appear after 24 to 48 hours.

Reactions that are more serious are: headaches, fever and big blisters.

Urushoil oils can be the cause sever of skin reactions. It will mostly happen in spring and summer when the plant is

growing.

All of the parts of the poison ivy can be

irritating. Such as... stem, leaf, pollen ect...

One of the things you can do if you were exposed to poison ivy is put

some of the jewelweed juice on your skin or do it before going somewhere

that has poison ivy

This might help you understand what

jewelweed is...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2wNhs9s5Wo

If you have been contaminated by poison ivy

and you do not have jewelweed. Take off the

clothes that have been in touch with the plant and wash it with strong soap.

Be careful to put something to cover your hand so that they are not contaminated.

Where can I find this

plant?

This poisonous plant can be

found everywhere

except in Newfoundland.

You could find it on borders of the woods, roadsides and

clearings.You could also find it on rocky,

stony or sandy shores.

This plant is in the same family as the mango tree and the cashew nut.

Animals can not have the

symptoms we have from the

poison ivy.

Healthycanadians.gc.ca

Novascotia.ca/museum/poison/?section=species&id=58

Youtube.com

Websifes I used...

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Poisoning scenario.