| There are a lot of plants that you will want to avoid | | | | edges, but it can also be wrinkled, rather than |
| when it comes to camping. You will want to know | | | | smooth like poison ivy. The leaves will grow in threes, |
| when you are near poison ivy, poison oak, and poison | | | | but it is more common to see plants with five or |
| sumac. You will find that these plants are very painful | | | | more leaves. Usually, the poison oak will go in sandy |
| rashes that will make you itch. | | | | solid and range from places from New Jersey down |
| When it comes to the poison ivy you will find that it | | | | the eastern coast to Florida, but it could also go to |
| is the most commonly found dangerous plant in | | | | places as Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. A to keep in |
| America. You will find that it can grow into four feet | | | | mind is that poison ivy is the most common poison |
| scrubs and is commonly a ground cover. It is rarely | | | | plant in the east, but it is poison oak that is in the |
| found in elevation in 5,000 or above, but you will find | | | | western states and more in the south. |
| that it grows in most places that people camp. You | | | | As for poison sumac, you will find that it is the least |
| will want to keep in mind that when it comes to | | | | widespread plant, and it really isn't in many places, but |
| "leaves of there, let it be". This is a clear and | | | | the swamp areas and peat bogs. You will find that |
| common sign of poison ivy. You will also find that it | | | | the leaves of this plant is bluish-green with the red |
| can be a dull green or even purplish. | | | | tips. You will find that there are cream colored berries |
| Another common plant to avoid is poison oak. When | | | | on this plant and it is just as toxic as poison oak and |
| it comes to poison oak, you will find that it has some | | | | poison ivy. You will want to keep in mind that there |
| multi-lobed leaves, but it can also have fuzzy, fruit-like | | | | are oils in this plant that will spread quickly and it will |
| branches. The leaves are mostly scalloped around the | | | | spread to other people through casual contact. |