Nothing puts a damper on spending time in your yard like realizing you, your kids, or your pets have stumbled into a patch of poison oak. For people (and animals) who are allergic to the oils secreted ...

As temperatures in the First State start to increase, people will be spending more time outdoors. Whether gardening or hiking, Delaware residents need to be on the lookout for certain plants that will ...

Poison ivy has three leaves, and the middle leaf has a longer stem. Touching poison ivy causes an allergic reaction due to urushiol oil. Poison oak and poison sumac are related to poison ivy and also ...

Learn how to identify poison oak and remove it, whether by hand-pulling or using herbicides. Poison oak can be a pain and, ...

Poison oak is a leafy shrub that grows in shady areas of your yard where it can reach six feet in height. The leaves and stems of the western poison oak plant (Toxicodendron) can release an oil called ...

RECEPTION AT TIGER ON K STREET. SO WITH THE WEATHER WARMING UP, MANY NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS WILL BE INCREASING THEIR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND FOR MANY, THAT INCLUDES TAKING A HIKE. AND ON THAT HIKE, YOU ...

You don't exactly have to have spent a lifetime in nature to know the old adage: Leaves of three, let it be. But that doesn't keep some people from a rash encounter with poison ivy, poison oak or ...