| I was hiking in some beautiful California mountains yesterday, and poison oak was abundant as usual. I passed a gent on the trail who stepped into a patch of PO, when I pointed it out he condescendingly told me that it wasn't PO but "scrub oak" and that they look very similar. I was pretty sure he was wrong, but he went his way and I mine, not before I took a photo. Being nerdy as I am, and since I'd never seen or heard of scrub oak (but I've also not been hiking with an interest in plants until recently, I still consider myself new to this all), I tried to find info. Only one site said scrub oak (like wild blackberry) had a similar look, but was usually pointy or prickly. Anyone have any info on this? Are they really that similar? |
