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  • From: "Kurt Schlatzer" <kurt AT kurtschlatzer.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: how to identify poison ivy
  • Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 23:28:04 -0400


Poison Ivy does not have serrated edges.

A similar vine I know as Virginia Creeper is often mistaken for Poison Ivy,
having shiny serrated leaves. It is not poisonous. It is, however, a royal
pain in the posterior for those who garden.

Kurt


----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Beckett" <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 10:18 PM
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: how to identify poison ivy


> I love Google Images:
> http://www.gocamps.com/ivy.gif
>
> Depends on how you define "serrated".
>
> "a formation resembling the toothed edge of a saw"
> From m-w.com
>
> TaB
>
>
> At 07:16 PM 5/27/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >one correction.
> >P.I. does not have serrated leaves. they are usually rounded and
occasionally
> >notched, but i don't believe any are serrated.
> >___ _ _____ . ....
> >m a h t o o z e e a c k a t s p e e k e e z e e d o t n e t
> >------ / / ......... . . .
> >
> >On Mon, 27 May 2002, Thomas Beckett wrote:
> >
> > > 1 - "Leaflets three, let it be."
> > >
> > > 2- Heart-shaped, shiny, serrated leaves, and spiny stem.
> > >
> > > 3- Spray Roundup on the suspected plants and everything around them.
A
> > > week later, anything that's still green and standing tall is poison
ivy.
> > >
> > > TaB
> >
> >
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