In the summer, the plant might replace its flowers with small yellow or green berries, which turn white or grey during fall and winter. Please note that even fallen leaves can still be poisonous. And never use poison sumac for a fire, because inhaling the smoke can be extremely dangerous. Treating poison sumac is just like treating poison ivy or poison oak.
All you can really do is alleviate the itching by using calamine lotion and applying cold compresses to the area. Antihistamines can also help reduce inflammation. In all cases, you should wash anything that came into contact with the plant to ensure you remove the toxic oil that transferred from the plant.
This includes your skin and any gear or clothing as you don't want to be re-exposed. At Augusta Health, we provide the option of Urgent Care for immediate but serious medical need. If you come into contact with any of these poison plants, Augusta Health is here to provide the care you need! Search form Search. Health Focused Educational health information to improve your well-being.
Recognizing Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac and How to Treat if you Don't August 23, Published in: First Aid Recognizing poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac is essential if you want to avoid the unpleasant burning and itchy rash that accompany these common plants.
Recognizing Poison Ivy Poison ivy can grow as both a vine and a shrub. Treating Poison Ivy Ideally, you were successful in recognizing poison ivy and managed to avoid it, but this is not always possible.
Recognizing Poison Oak Like poison ivy, poison oak can grow as a shrub or a climbing vine, and its leaves also grow in groups of three off the stem.
Treating Poison Oak To relieve the itching, apply calamine lotion to the affected areas. Recognizing Poison Sumac Recognizing poison sumac is essential to avoiding a really painful allergic reaction that manifests as a red, itchy rash or blisters. Treating Poison Sumac Treating poison sumac is just like treating poison ivy or poison oak. If you have a severe reaction, you should call a doctor right away. All Rights Reserved. Translate this page. Poison sumac thrives in wetland areas. Hopefully, you can help share your new knowledge of poison ivy in Oklahoma and save someone you love from an itchy, uncomfortable rash.
Want more Oklahoma outdoor tips? Help Urgent Care. Toggle navigation. Patient Portal. Pay Bill. Resources On Your Health. Find a Location. Find a Doctor. Subscribe Now. Share this page. The leaves can vary from smooth to being lobed looking like a pair of mittens or toothed pointed. Poison oak leaves are usually in clusters of three leaflets. Its leaves are lobed or deeply toothed, with rounder edges Figure 3. Just as leaf shape varies, so do the colors of leaves on each plant.
Poison ivy leaves start out a shiny green in the spring and become a dull green during the summer. In the autumn, poison ivy leaves turn yellow or scarlet Figure 2. Poison oak is green throughout the spring and summer and become yellow with brown undertones in the fall Figure 4. Figure 3. Photo courtesy of Bailey Lockhart. Flowers of poison ivy and oak are greenish yellow appearing in panicles from the leaf axils on the stem.
Fruit of poison ivy and oak are grayish-white to creamy white and have ridges that make it look like a tiny pumpkin. There are many common plants people confuse with poison ivy and poison oak. The common ones in Oklahoma are Virginia creeper, fragrant sumac, skunkbush sumac and boxelder.
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia leaves are compound and contain five leaflets, Figure 5 though leaves with three leaflets can sometimes be present. Each leaflet has toothed pointed edges, which is makes it look more similar to poison ivy than poison oak or sumac. Furthermore, Virginia creeper, like poison ivy is red when it first emerges, but then turn green as it matures. During the autumn, it turns back to red or maroon color.
Figure 5. Virginia creeper has toothed edge leaflets. Photo courtesy of Randy Evans. Fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica has trifoliate-toothed leaves that are a green-blue shade Figure 6.
During the autumn, the leaf color changes to shades of red and purple. Fragrant sumac, unlike poison oak, produces red, hairy fruits Figure 7 on female plants; this is a good identifying clue. Poison ivy and oak have whitish or yellowish berries. Sumac also tends to form dense compact mottes grove of trees rather than having the more open structure of poison oak.
Figure 6. Fragrant Sumac has toothed edge leaflets. Figure 7. Fragrant sumac with berries. It has tooth-edged leaflets. Skunkbush sumac Rhus trilobata looks very similar to fragrant sumac. Leaves are compound and the leaflets are waxy and soft-textured, and grow in groups of three Figure 8.
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