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Toxicodendron radicans (Poison Ivy)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 28821



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Toxicodendron
Species: Toxicodendron radicans
 
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Plant Types edit
  • Invasive
  • Juglone Tolerant
  • Native
  • Poisonous
  • Vine
  • Weed
  • Wildflower
Zones / Hardiness edit
  • 7a (to 5 F / -15 C)
  • 7b (to 10 F / -12 C)
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Flowering Start edit
  • April
Flowering End edit
  • October
Leaf Colour edit
  • Green - Medium
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  • Acuminate
  • Cuneate
  • Elliptic
  • Ovate
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  • Low Maintenance Garden
  • Wildflower Garden
  • Wildlife Garden
  • Woodland Garden
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  • Full Sun
  • Partial Shade
  • Full Shade
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Bloom Colour edit
  • Cream
Wildlife Value edit
  • Bees
  • Bird - food (fruit/berries/insects/seeds)
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  • Seed
  • Division
  • Stem Cutting
  • Root Cutting
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Contributors For This Plant
Peppersage (122)
FlowerFreak22 (9625)
Netty (13946)
bubbleoffplumb (635)
  mart (5)
Frank (2698)
  purpleinopp (8118)


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Netty (13946) wrote on Aug 16 2008
This plant ranges from a bushy plant to woody vine. It can grow anywhere. It leaves deposits of irritating resin on anything it contacts. Do not burn as the smoke carries the allergen.

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bubbleoffplumb (635) wrote on Apr 21 2009
northeast U.S.: I do leave some of this in the wilder part of my "garden". Not popular with people, but this plant does have important wildlife value. I've read deer, rodents and other small mammals browse leaves and twigs along with the berries. The berries are important to migrating birds in the fall - and more so during the winter months when foods are in short supply. Birds are partly responsible for this plant being considered aggressive, as they do a lot of the "planting".

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Peppersage (122) wrote on Aug 17 2008
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Just kidding, you don't want these things in a hanging basket, or anywhere near the garden, they are terribly invasive, and can cause severe reactions.

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