I believe that is poison ivy!

You bet it is!!!

Oh yeah, will spread and climb if not controlled.

Have it professionally removed unless you are immune to it.

Yes it is poison ivy. The leaves show in clumps of three. One, two, three...let it be!

Chances are, if you've got it in one spot, it's in other spots. It's tricky, too—the leaves can start to mimic leaves on nearby plants, but will always be in that three-leaf grouping.

You don't want to screw around with this stuff. It's not like you might get a little rash that goes away in a couple of days.

In early spring, before the leaves were out, my wife discovered we have some in our yard (bought the house in winter), when she developed a rash on both arms, torso, and part of her face. She thought it'd go away in a couple of days. It doesn't. She ended up on oral and topical steroids, and it took weeks to clear up. One neighbor said, "oh yeah, our daughter was in the hospital once from it," when we were talking to them about how bad my wife had it.

We also have it climbing 20+ feet up a couple of trees, where it's growing its own branches. No professional is willing to touch it, so we're doing it ourselves. We cover ourselves head-to-toe in plastic PPE gear, work with it for an hour, then remove and destroy the PPE, and shower with cold water.

Tecnu is a lotion you can put on prior to dealing with poison ivy that can help form a shield. Its probably best as a back up (under the PPE type gear). Zanfels is expensive but a super wash for immediately after suspected contact.

There's tons of info online, please note the roots (even dead) can cause rashes, and it should never be burned. Sometimes RoundUp is your friend. Good luck.

@H B - I just ordered both Tecnu & Zanfel. $60 for both, but worth it, as this stuff is bad news.

yes it is! I use Roundup poison ivy spray. It has a long spray stream so you don't have to get too close to the plant in case it has offshoots. We had tons of it in our NC yard, but now we just have a couple of sprigs each summer, which I spray. The spray has really worked for me. The poison is an oil which can stay on your clothes or a pet's fur etc and get spread around.

if you have vining poison ivy. cut it at the base where it starts to climb. spay with salt bleach water mixture. it will kill the plant. spray the base of it and the plant. we leave ours and it doesn't regrow as long as we kill the roots... I dont use round up. its bad for the environment. I try to kill and then clean up that with gloves pants and long sleeves.

I agree roundup is a nuclear type option; we reserve it for the poison ivy...once stuff appears dead-ish, I suit up and pull with garbage bags and just reverse the bag over what is pulled and throw it out. For bad cases of PI (on humans) one can get prednisone shots and z packs, there are also prescription creams that can basically tell your skin not to freak out...it’s good to stay ahead of it if possible. I have scars from poison ivy outbreaks, it’s no fun.

I used round up to finally rid our property of it for the most part. I discovered poison ivy about 22 years ago. When in my early 30’s we purchased 12 acres and built a home. We started working on the yard. I’d work in my swimsuit and shoes lol. Yes quite the site I’m sure lol. Had NO idea what the stuff looked like and pretty much sat, knelt and stood in a patch pulling out this “weed”. Thank the Lord I wore gloves and never touched my face!! Let’s just say a trip to the Walk in clinic was where I was the next day. So severe on steroids to help get rid of it. Now I’m super aware of the stuff. Anyway Round up killed it.

Dawn Y, I was as unaware as you! I pulled the bare vine down off of a tree in very late fall after all leaves had fallen and used it as a base to make a Christmas garland with fresh greens and berries from my property. I had no idea it was the vine from poison ivy! Ugh.... I was covered in the horrid rash and blisters and at the doctor for steroids within days. My family laughs now remembering the Christmas I decorated our front entrance with poison ivy!