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Eastern poison ivy or poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
Poisonous — do not eat it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
About
Toxicodendron radicans, commonly known as eastern poison ivy or poison ivy, is a species of allergenic flowering plant. It has numerous subtaxons and forms both vines and shrubs. Despite its common name, it is not a true ivy, but rather a member of the cashew and sumac family, Anacardiaceae. It is different from western poison ivy, Toxicodendron rydbergii, and resembles a number of species.
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Toxicodendron radicans
- Slug
- toxicodendron-radicans
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Toxicodendron
- Species
- radicans
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 3
- Data completeness
- 43
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