Whichever method you choose to get rid of poison oak, it is imperative to protect yourself with personal protective equipment ...

THE TASTE of young poison oak is surprisingly mild, grassy and only a little bit tart. Two dozen glossy green-and-red leaves ...

Indigenous Americans on the west coast used poison oak leaves in cooking and in addition to using the sap to treat warts, rattlesnake bites, and ringworm. Sensitivity to poison ivy can vary from ...

Poison oak is a shrub that grows on the west coast and southeast region of North America. These poisonous plants have leaves that usually: Sometimes, there might be a visible black substance ...

The most common causes of ACD are the plants of the Rhus genus, poison ivy (toxicodendron radican), poison oak (toxicodendron ... or urushiol (found in leaves, stems, and roots), of the plant ...

It doesn't matter what part of the poison oak plant you touch. The leaves, stem, and roots all contain urushiol, which is the oil that triggers skin irritation and causes a rash. If you are ...

Sept. 22 is the first day of autumn and some of our trees are beginning to show it. We tend to associate fall colors and ...

On a cutover California hillside thick with scrubby redwoods, Scotch broom, and poison oak, Mike Fay missed a step ... will stick up like veins on a maple leaf, with a network of old trees ...

With cold winter nights approaching, most gardening jobs will be put away until next spring. Here are five jobs to do now and ...

Find out how to identify and get rid of poison oak while avoiding painful rashes ... A reader has a burning question about raking leaves. Plus, Grumpy’s plant of the week that will add sunshine ...

Here are 12 of the best fall foliage hikes in Flagstaff, Sedona and across the Mogollon Rim plus the peak times to see the ...