DID YOU KNOW? POISON IVY HAS NO SOIL PREFERENCES AND CAN GROW AROUND YOUR HOME ANYWHERE: WOODED AREAS, IN CREEPING GROUNDCOVER, CLIMBING-UP TREES, ALONG FENCE LINES AND EVEN GROWING AS SHRUBS OUT IN THE OPEN, BESIDE PONDS, STREAMS AND ALONG PATHWAYS.4-5

OOPS, I’VE TOUCHED POISON IVY.NOW WHAT?!ONCE URUSHIOL IS TRANSFERRED FROM EITHER THE LEAVES OR STEM TO THE SKIN, THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO WASHIT FROM THE AFFECTED AREA BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!THE SKIN WILL ABSORB 100% OF THE OIL IN 20 MINUTES.

Don’t take a bath when trying to wash up — this can spread the oil to other parts of the body. Instead, take a shower and scrub under your fingernails and rings with a brush.11

THE RASH CAN TAKE ANYWHEREFROM 24 HOURSTO 2 DAYS TOAPPEAR.10

10 MINUTES AFTERCONTACT, 50% OF THE OIL IS ABSORBED INTO THE SKIN.950%

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DID YOU KNOW? PETS CAN CARRY URUSHIOL ON THEIR FUR. ANIMALS AREN’T AFFECTEDBY URUSHIOL, BUT IF THEY’VE TOUCHED POISON IVY THEY WILL HAVE THE OIL ON THEIR COATS, WHICH THEY CAN TRANSFER TO A FAMILY MEMBER. TO BE SAFE FROM EXPOSURE WHEN GIVING THEM A BATH, WEAR GLOVES.13-14

URUSHIOL IS SO POTENT, AS LITTLE AS A PINDROP COULD AFFECT

URUSHIOL IS PERSISTENT, SO WASH THE TOOLS.A RASH CAN OCCUR FROM TOUCHING ANYTHING THAT HAS CONTACTED POISON IVY DAYS, MONTHS AND EVEN AS LONG AS YEARS LATER.15

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HOW LONG DO RASHES LAST?POISON IVY RASH

SEVERE: AS LONG AS 30 DAYS OR MORE12

TYPICAL: ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 21 DAYS12

STOP POISON IVY BEFORE IT STOPS YOU!THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONTROL POISON IVY BEFOREIT SPREADS, OR TAKES OVER YOUR YARD, IS TO APPLY A LIQUIDWEED KILLER SUCH AS ROUNDUP® READY-TO-USE POISON IVYPLUS TOUGH BRUSH KILLER. THIS FORMULA IS SPECIALLYDESIGNED TO PENETRATE WAXY LEAVES AND WOODY STEMSFOUND ON PLANTS LIKE POISON IVY. AND BETTER YET, IT KILLSTO THE ROOTS SO IT WON'T COME BACK.

HOW MANY AMERICANS ARE AFFECTED BY POISON IVY?EVERY YEAR, 50 MILLION ADULTS AND CHILDRENIN THE UNITED STATES ARE AFFECTED BY POISON IVY.2

ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOME FORM OF A BASIC, BUT VERYITCHY, ALLERGIC REACTION FROM CONTACT WITH POISON IVY.270 – 90%

ARE EXTREMELY ALLERGIC TO POISON IVY ANDCAN DEVELOP SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS.315 – 20%

HOW DO I SPOT POISON IVY?

THE PLANTS ARE TYPICALLY TWO FEET HIGH AND HAVETHREE LEAFLETS: ONE POINTS LEFT, ONE POINTS RIGHT AND ONE ON A STEM THAT POINTS UP OR STRAIGHT. IN THE SPRING THE LEAVES ARE REDDISH GREEN, CHANGING TO

DARKER GREEN IN SUMMER. IN THE AUTUMN, THE LEAVES CAN

VARY BETWEEN YELLOW AND YELLOW-ORANGE.6,7,8

NOTICE HOW THE BRANCHES GROW ALTERNATELY

ON THE STEM

WATCH FOR CLUSTERS OF ROUND, WHITISH YELLOW-GREEN

BERRIES IN LATE SUMMER

POISON IVY NEVER HAS THORNS ON THE

STEMS OR LEAVES

LOOK FOR CLUSTERS OF THREE LEAVES ON A SINGLE STEM

THIS IS HOW WESTERN POISON IVY LOOKS

IN THE AUTUMN

1http://www.poison-ivy.org. Accessed June 20152http://www.americanskin.org/resource/poisonivy.php. Accessed June 20153http://www.poisonivy.aesir.com. Accessed June 20154www.purplebutterflies.com/identify.html. Accessed June 20155http://www.poison-ivy.org. Accessed June 20156http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Poison Ivy.html. Accessed June 20157http://www.poison-ivy.org. Accessed June 20158The Nature Handbook: A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors: A Guide to Observing the GreatOutdoors. Oxford University Press. pp. 57–58.9McGovern Tomas, Barkley Theodore (1998) "Review Botanical Dermatology", International Journal of Dermatology, vol 37, pp 321-33410"Urushiol: Human Health E�ects". NIH. http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+7485. Accessed June 201511www.kidshealth.org. Accessed June 201512-13http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases_conditions/hic_Contact_Dermatitis/hic_The_Poison_Plants_Poison_Ivy_Poison_Oak_and_Poison_Sumac. Accessed June 201514http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+7485. Accessed June 201515http://www.tdi.texas.gov/pubs/videoresource/fspoisonivyoaks.pdf. Accessed June 2015

EASTERN POISON IVYClimbing Vine

WESTERN POISON IVYGround Vine

BOTH VARIETIES:EASTERN & WESTERNClimbing Vine & Ground Vine

WESTERN POISON IVY

Appears as a low groundhugging vine. It turns yellow-orange in autumn.

EASTERN POISON IVY

Appears as a dense climbing vine. It has reddish leaves in the spring, green in the summer and red-yellow in the autumn.

WHAT IS IT & WHERE IS IT FOUND?1

POISON IVY, COATED WITH RASH-CAUSING URUSHIOL OIL, IS A FLOWERING DENSE SHRUB OR CLIMBING VINE FOUND ACROSS NORTH AMERICA — EXTENDING FROM CANADA TO MEXICO.