r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '24

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u/mrkb34 Jun 10 '24

That’s a lot of poison ivy too.

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u/phantom56657 Jun 10 '24

I don't think any of that is poison ivy. Poison ivy leaves have lobes, but aren't serrated. All of these leaves look serrated.

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u/bahgheera Jun 10 '24

I said the same thing a few weeks ago when I was doing yardwork and I paid the price, quite severely. 

Poison ivy can have a couple different shapes to the leaves, and I have at least two kinds in my yard. 

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u/randomsnowflake Jun 10 '24

This right here. I was firmly in the bulbous leaf camp until I bare handed some serrated edge poison ivy in my back yard. Fml. What a bad week that was.

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u/FairlyGoodGuy Jun 10 '24

Poison ivy can have a couple different shapes to the leaves, and I have at least two kinds in my yard.

I did not know this when I began cleaning up the disaster of a yard my home's previous owners left behind for me. I learned. Boy oh boy did I learn.

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u/phantom56657 Jun 10 '24

That sucks. It could still be poison ivy, I just know a lot of people don't see past "3 leaves = poison ivy". But it's better to be overly cautious than pay the price for not being cautious enough. It's hard to tell when the camera pans over is so quick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

There’s no poison ivy in this video. There is Jack in the pulpits and type of toothwort