Toxidendron radicans
Causes skin rashes in most individuals-red to yellow fall color-white fruit clusters in leaf axils-3 leaflets with terminal having a periole and two side leaflets are sessile-can be shrubby as well as a vine.
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| Common Name | poison ivy |
| Landscape Zone | LZ3 |
| Firewise Rating | NOT Firewise (4) |
| Urban Use | High |
| Invasive | Yes |
| Native | Yes |
| Utility Use | Yes |
| Ladder Potential without Pruning | Yes |
| Cold Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Heat Tolerance Zone | 9 |
| Sun Exposure | Adaptable |
| Soil pH | Adaptable |
| Tolerance to Poorly Drained Soils | Medium |
| Salt Tolerance | Yes |
| Drought Resistance | High |
| Pest Resistance | High |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Plant Form | Vine |
| Plant Height Mature Size in feet | 25 |
| Plant Height Mature Size in meters | 7.5 |
| Trunk Size | Multi-stem >= 6, |
| Bark | Hairy-Resinous |
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate |
| Leaf Persistance | Deciduous |
| Leaf Color | Green None |
| Leaf Type | Compound |
| Leaf Characteristics | Oily-papery-thin |
