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Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Photo by LisaPowers
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Field Notes

Description:

Deciduous plant that can be shrubby or a vine. Has three leaflets per leaf.

Habitat:

Rural yard. But basically likes edge habitat or disturbed habitat.

Notes:

While this plant can be problematic to humans. It is an important food for many wildlife species when the plant fruits. It is also a host plant for several species of butterflies and moths, including the Eyed Paectes Moth: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/28452145

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