This is a fungus on poison ivy. I wish it would just kill it all.
We thought we got all the poison ivy off of the magnolia tree, but as you can see, it is still happily growing on it.
This is not poison ivy. There is probably poison ivy there, but this has 5 leaves in a circular pattern I've finally identified it as Virginia Creeper. It likes the same growing conditions as poison ivy and they often grow together.
And all the nice green in this oak tree? You guessed it.
It's a nice healthy batch of poison ivy.
You can click on all of these and should be able to enlarge them.
I had problems with pictures today like a lot of you have had, but I think they'll work.
Anyway. That's just some of the poison ivy we still need to get rid of at the farm. Sometimes I'm not sure we'll ever manage it.
Happy Saturday, everyone! :)
Gosh, Lynda, it seems like a long time since I've visited your blog. I apologize.
ReplyDeleteThe poison ivy and whatever else that viney stuff is sure doing a number on your trees. I wonder if an aborist would know the best way to get rid of it?
Not a problem, Nancy. I've been lax in posting. Not a lot to say. But someone wanted to see poison ivy, so I wanted to post a few pictures.
ReplyDeleteLoved your flowers today!
When I was a kid I used to make money pulling poison Ivy and oak from a few of the neighbors' properties. As long as a I washed with cold water I never once broke out. Just not allergic to it, but it did irritate till I washed it off.
ReplyDelete~~Matt~~
that is quite the advertisement for poison ivy!! I've never run across the stuff and hope I never do. The worst thing we have here is stinging nettles...a far cry I know.
ReplyDeleteI wish you'd posted this last summer!! :-) I got poison ivy so bad that my eyes were swollen--I had no clue what it looked like until I got it a second time--I've had it only once this year--It's tenacious and we have it growing all over our property and are trying to get rid of it, but this year, it's going to win again!!
ReplyDeleteMatt, you're a lucky guy!
ReplyDeleteJojo. Glad to hear that is all you have. That is bad enough, I'm sure!
Kim, oh my gosh! I am very grateful I did not have it that bad. What I had was bad enough. Be careful! Maybe you need to think about hiring someone to clear it for you, too.
All I can say is thank goodness we don't have poison ivy here in Australia. It looks like and sounds like a menace!
ReplyDeleteTake care and best wishes for a wonderful week!
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Natasha, I think that's another big plus for Australia, right up there with the shrimp on the barbie! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
I find it to be a loosing battle trying to get rid of all of it! Goats love to eat poison ivy by the way...maybe you need a few,lol!
ReplyDeleteMelodie, we keep thinking that we will probably need some just for the poison ivy. :)
ReplyDeletehubby is so allergic to that stuff!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that Nicole. it's definitely nasty stuff!
ReplyDeleteI will admit something awful - we used roundup to get rid of the poison ivy on our front lawn. (I KNOW! The SHAME!)
ReplyDeleteWe have poison oak all over too. I just try to keep it away from where we walk. Poison oak grows amazingly well! Hardy stuff. Love your photos!
ReplyDeleteThomas, since we're not there full time, we have used poison to try to get rid of it. As Callie says, it is hardy. Other than cutting it regularly, nothing has really worked.
ReplyDeleteCallie, we may try that when we're there, but right now we need to be everywhere, haha, and so is the poison ivy. Ah well. Just need to be more careful, right? And thank you!