Leaves of three, let it be. That’s the common expression to avoid run-ins with poison ivy and poison oak — common toxic-to-the-touch plants found in North Carolina’s Triangle area and beyond. Virginia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Virginia Creeper is a beautiful plant; the stems have five leaflets and are pleasantly attractive, especially in May when they ...

Poison ivy and Virginia creeper vines climb trees, poles and other objects along woodland edges, hedgerows and roadsides to reach sunlight. Though usually overlooked as having colored leaves in autumn ...

You've been waiting all year for autumn's brilliant colors to arrive and you're out on a walk just itching to pick up a beautiful red leaf. But how do you know it won't leave you scratching? Poison ...

When approaching a brushy area,” he says, “it’s important to know that poison ivy can be there. One of the first things to ...

It doesn’t seem like we could already be at the end of July, but we are. The calendar year is more than half over and if you look closely you’ll some small signs of how things in nature are changing.