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m0werman
06-26-2005, 08:35 PM
in the yard of one of my accounts there is this vine that looks poison ivy but with 5 leaves in stead of 3 and it causes the same type of rash. anyone know want it is??

thanks mike-
K c m
06-26-2005, 09:15 PM
7 minute itch
QualityLawnCare4u
06-26-2005, 09:21 PM
Mowerman, that down here is known as virginia creeper. It does look just like poison ivy except the extra 2 leaves. I am about as allergic to poison ivy as anyone on LS. I have turned down jobs because of it.
PLM-1
06-26-2005, 09:23 PM
Could be poison oak or even sumac. It all sucks in my book! Virginia Creeper isn't poisonous...but it looks much like what is! :dizzy:
steve in Pa.
06-26-2005, 10:04 PM
sounds like virginia creeper to me also. Could be poison sumac it has 5 leaves as well, but my money is on the creeper. We have a lot of it here and people think that its poison ivy.
sheshovel
06-26-2005, 10:19 PM
A pic would be nice that way it could be ID'ed for sure.
kemmer
06-26-2005, 10:20 PM
thats virginia creeper
m0werman
06-27-2005, 06:10 PM
i will get a pic the next time i do the lawn.

just so i am sure, does the viginia creeper cause any rash/reaction?

thanks mike-
dvmcmrhp52
06-27-2005, 06:15 PM
Virginia Creeper isn't poisonous...but it looks much like what is! :dizzy:


Virginia creeper is quite poisionous, just not quite the same way as poison Ivy.
QualityLawnCare4u
06-27-2005, 06:15 PM
Virginia creeper as far as I know does not cause any problems. If it did I would be the first to get it! :D I have pulled/handled a bunch of it with no problems.
dvmcmrhp52
06-27-2005, 06:42 PM
Virginia creeper as far as I know does not cause any problems. If it did I would be the first to get it! :D I have pulled/handled a bunch of it with no problems.


As I said, not quite like poison Ivy. It contains oxylate crystals which CAN cause irritation.If ingested it can cause difficulty breathing,diarrhea,nausea as well as mouth and throat irritation.
mbricker
06-28-2005, 04:21 AM
There is an Ozark folk name for virginia creeper, "five-leaf poison ivy." But I have never heard of anyone having a reaction just to virginia creeper. I would guess there are lots of times someone is pulling it out of a bed or fencerow, and does not notice there is also some true poison ivy growing mingled with it. Growing up the trunk of a tree, they are just about indistinguishable from one another--I have to look up until I can see leaves.

The stuff is hard to pull out of ground cover, because the leaves and fine strands easily break away from the larger vines, and it just re-grows.