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Ok gents, I got this all over my place..I think it might be sumak but I'm a city boy so I don't know....what is this crap and do I need to burn it?

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Poison Sumac

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Poison Ivy

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Burning poison sumac or ivy sends poison oils and particles into the air. Allergic people can have horrible reactions to it. 

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6 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

Burning poison sumac or ivy sends poison oils and particles into the air. Allergic people can have horrible reactions to it. 

 

My cousin ended up in the hospital after burning poison ivy. Inhaled the smoke and got into his eyes.

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That is virginia creeper  aka five leaf ivy.  It can irritate the skin of some people, but not to the extent that poison ivy does.  How it attaches is less damaging to trees and structures that english ivy and it is beneficial to birds and some insects.

 

Leaves of three, let it be, leaves of five, let it thrive.

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J. Mark is correct but...tear that crap out as soon as possible. It will spread out quickly, attach itself to anything it can and leave "suckers" everywhere it goes. Tear it out, cut it off to the ground and nuke it with industrial strength weed be gone. 

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I thought this was about some bad weed you got and had a bad trip!!:lol:

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Here are a couple of alternatives; an economy model and another a few steps up.

Back in stock up here.

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10 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

Here are a couple of alternatives; an economy model and another a few steps up.

Back in stock up here.

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If it was (shudder!) Kudzu, that would be about the only option.

 

The college boy types brought it over from Japan after WW2 for erosion control- which it works great for.  Not to mention that it's extremely fast growing and next to impossible to kill off.

 

Too bad that they didn't realize that kudzu was focused on world domination in ways that would have made Alexander envious. 

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On 7/6/2021 at 12:22 PM, J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE said:

That is virginia creeper  aka five leaf ivy.  It can irritate the skin of some people, but not to the extent that poison ivy does.  How it attaches is less damaging to trees and structures that english ivy and it is beneficial to birds and some insects.

 

Leaves of three, let it be, leaves of five, let it thrive.

I have seen it make a great privacy fence on chain link...

Just have to do some yearly clean up to keep it in tow.

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