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Anyone know what this is? Sure hope Native Hunter is on this forum. He knows every plant there is. I know a few more of you do, as well.
 
No wonder my brain started itching after I made a soup out of the leaves and drank it! I'm pretty sure it's not poison ivy but you're probably right about poison oak.
 
rhus aromatica, aromatic sumac

crush a leaf and see if it smells like lemons but don't rub it on your self just in case I'm wrong.

Hi Stu and you too mr. know it all.

G
 
rhus aromatica, aromatic sumac

crush a leaf and see if it smells like lemons but don't rub it on your self just in case I'm wrong.

Hi Stu and you too mr. know it all.

G

Are you the real Geo? I don't handle change well, but if it's really you maybe I can....
 
Could be rhus amoratica...I tend to forget about that one as it isn't native where I've lived.

"Hey" back Geo and Native
 
I figured either you would know that it was me or we would have a virtual fist fight and for anyone else that may not know I was JK.

The real Geo is now the Wild West Geo. And a lucky man indeed. Glad we found us a new virtual home too!
 
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I've read that if you pick a leaf and rub it on paper...it will turn the paper black or brown. Not sure if it works or not. Could it be box elder?

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1980 Apr;2(4):332-3.
The black spot test for recognizing poison ivy and related species.
Guin JD.
Abstract
A black, enamel-like deposit is frequently present on injured areas of poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. This finding can also be produced deliberately as a field test for the toxic nature of the plant. Observing proper precautions, one crushes sap from leaves onto a sheet of white paper. The resulting stain should darken on exposure to the air if it came from a Toxicodendron. This test employs only one quality of these plants, and it is not, therefore, a substitute for other proved means of identification.
 
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Poison ivy leaves that attach to the main stem are alternating, box elder are opposite or straight across from each other.
 
If it's poison oak and I think it is then deer browse it pretty well. Leaves don't look as shiny as typical poison but hard to see that in pic.
 
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