[GeoStL] Poison Ivy & Caching to Pensacola
- From: "k Sneed" <sneed14@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:35:25 -0500
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Well--I assume those "hairs" were actually the rootlets. It was not
invasive all over the area at either cache we found. It was just the vine
circling the tree with the 35mm tucked under it. Used the gloves and washed
the hands, but wondered if we were the only ones that thought that was PI.
I got a really bad case(s) of PI last fall. It just wouldn't go away. Kept
breaking out with more of it days and even weeks later with no more
exposure. Switched shoes, washed all the clothes, etc., but kept getting
more bumps. It literally took a couple months to clear up and I still have
white splotches (scars) where it was in places. Really don't want to go
down that road again. Even now, I wipe down with diaper wipes on my arms
and legs every time we come out of the woods from a cache.
[GeoStL] Re: Poison Ivy & Caching to Pensacola
- *From*: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- *To*: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- *Date*: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:20:43 -0500
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It may be poison ivy, but it could be a non poisonous non native species.
PI has aerial rootlets when it climbs trees. If it does not have those
rootlets, it is not PI. In our area there is a non native vine that has
escaped into the wild that has a vine that looks real close to PI. If there
are leaves on it, it is simple to tell apart. PI has three leaflets. The
other has a simple leaf (i.e., one part not three).
The other plant is an invasive species. It generally will cover the area.
So if you can see an infestation of that plant, it is likely not PI. But
sometimes PI will grow with it.
So unless there are leaves on it (leaves of three (really leaflets) leave it
be), I would suggest assuming it is PI.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
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