Poison ivy has groups of three leaves that are pointed at the tip. The leaves are serrated on the edges and the plant can form vines.
Poison ivy produces an oil called urushiol. Urushiol is an irritant to the skin and other tissue. If you touch the plant you will get the urushiol on you. Even long dead poison ivy vines can still be coated with the oil.
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Even though mangos are closely related to the poison ivy family, they do not grow on vines but on trees.
The name 'poison ivy' is applied to a weed that isn't poisonous to wildlife, but is to humans. For it contains urushiol oil, which is a skin irritant to humans. The oil may be inhaled when poison ivy is burned. Or it may be absorbed when an individual touches poison ivy, or something that has touched the plant. In the case of inhalation, or of an outbreak on the face, poison ivy contact is considered a medical emergency.
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No, you will not get poison ivy.
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The irritant in poison oak/ivy that makes you break out is present in all parts of the plant- leaves, stem, berries, roots. When burned, it can also be given off in the smoke. It would be a good idea to remove any large poison ivy vines, and dispose of them before burning the wood.
Anyone can get Poison Ivy if you are allergic to it.
Ivy leaf is poison ivy. Poison ivy is a leaf that gives you a bad itchy rash.