Identifying Toxic Lookalikes of the Toothache Tree

“Roses have five flowers.” 🌹 Did that make any sense to you? It probably didn’t; it doesn’t even sound right. However, that’s the equivalent of saying that “poison ivy has three leaves.” ☘️ The common phrase, “Leaves of three, let it be,” is a caution to people so they don’t accidentally touch poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) and is an indication of the plant’s compound leaves with three *leaflets,* NOT the number of leaves on a plant. If you want to learn more about identifying plants with

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