Learn how to identify and safely remove poison ivy to protect your family and pets. Discover expert tips for when and how to ...

Mountain Goat Property Management in Greenville SC and other South Carolina companies use goats to tame kudzu, English ivy, ...

WORCESTER — Overgrown and tangled, the greenery growing close to the chapel at Assumption University was more than an eyesore ...

For those who want to create a landscape full of native plants, finding the right groundcover can be a challenge. This vine ...

That familiar phrase, "leaves of three, let it be," is a homeowner's warning, often whispered with a shiver. Poison ivy ( ...

You can remove poison oak from your yard by hand or with an herbicide. No matter which method you choose, wear protective ...

Some methods work better than others to get rid of poison ivy permanently. Fast-growing poison ivy vines can grow 20 feet each season along fence lines and in landscaped beds. Several methods work to ...

The problem with this perilous plant is that it can assume three different forms, a low growing ground cover, a larger bushy plant or a climbing ivy type plant. But the latter is not to be confused ...

Like poison ivy, poison oak contains the chemical urushiol and can cause a severe rash. Perhaps the vine most often mistaken for poison ivy is Virginia creeper. Fortunately, it’s also easy to tell the ...

So in addition to the beautiful fall color of the poison ivy, we have the beautiful fall color of the Virginia creeper.

This article was originally published with the title “The Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 39 No. 22 (November 1878), p. 342 doi:10.1038 ...