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Submitted by:  Phillip Lau
Date Submitted: 6/2/2003
Location: not given

Question Asked: These plants grows wild in my backyard, under big trees with other ground covers and wild flowers. I have been pulling them out with gloves on, so far has no rash problem! Attached are several pictures, are they poison ivy?

Answer: The plant on the deck is likely poison ivy given the various familiar characteristics. The second picture contains a number of different plants. There does appear to be poison ivy though - the 3 leaflet leaves. As I can't seem the vine on those probables I'll give this a 95% confidence. That's quite a mix of other vines there. I see at least 2 other types of vines mixed in.