Knowing the difference between common edible plants and poisonous counterparts that look just like them can spare you some ...

Michigan's ecosystem is diverse, stunning and perhaps deadly. Growing in the state's woodlands are poisonous plants. Here are ...

Poison ivy, oak and sumac all can create itchy rashes from urushiol. What you need to know before the rash starts.

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...

Some methods work better than others to get rid of poison ivy permanently. Fast-growing poison ivy vines can grow 20 feet each season along fence lines and in landscaped beds. Several methods work to ...

As the weather warms up in Upstate New York, keep an eye out for poisonous plants like poison ivy and sumac that can cause ...

Being able to identify — and avoid — poison ivy will spare you from an itchy red rash that could last weeks. The rash is an allergic reaction to the oil called urushiol in the leaves ...

Poison ivy, poison sumac and poison oak can cause a red, bumpy rash from its transferred oils called urushiol. Ingesting other native Michigan plants, the nightshade plant for example, can be ...

If the leaves are in bunches of threes, let it be. Poison ivy also blooms flowers in early summer and produces berries in the early fall. The flowers are described as being greenish-white ...

Nature's bounty presents a fascinating paradox where certain fruits, harmless to animals, pose significant threats to humans.