[GeoStL] Re: Poison Ivy & Caching to Pensacola
- From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:57:10 -0500
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One point of clarification. PI will also cover the area, but when PI is not
growing on a tree it is not growing like a vine. The other will cover the
area and it is a hairy vine on the ground when it is not in the tree.
The best advice is when in doubt assume it is PI and take appropriate
precautions.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
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> Well--I assume those "hairs" were actually the rootlets. It was not
> invasive all over the area at either cache we found. It was just the
> vine
> circling the tree with the 35mm tucked under it. Used the gloves and
> washed
> the hands, but wondered if we were the only ones that thought that was
> PI.
> I got a really bad case(s) of PI last fall. It just wouldn't go away.
> Kept
> breaking out with more of it days and even weeks later with no more
> exposure. Switched shoes, washed all the clothes, etc., but kept
> getting
> more bumps. It literally took a couple months to clear up and I still
> have
> white splotches (scars) where it was in places. Really don't want to go
> down that road again. Even now, I wipe down with diaper wipes on my
> arms
> and legs every time we come out of the woods from a cache.
>
>
>
>
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> [GeoStL] Re: Poison Ivy & Caching to Pensacola
>
> - *From*: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> - *To*: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> - *Date*: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:20:43 -0500
>
> -
> It may be poison ivy, but it could be a non poisonous non native
> species.
>
> PI has aerial rootlets when it climbs trees. If it does not have those
> rootlets, it is not PI. In our area there is a non native vine that has
> escaped into the wild that has a vine that looks real close to PI. If
> there
> are leaves on it, it is simple to tell apart. PI has three leaflets.
> The
> other has a simple leaf (i.e., one part not three).
>
> The other plant is an invasive species. It generally will cover the
> area.
> So if you can see an infestation of that plant, it is likely not PI.
> But
> sometimes PI will grow with it.
>
> So unless there are leaves on it (leaves of three (really leaflets)
> leave it
> be), I would suggest assuming it is PI.
>
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
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