Nothing puts a damper on spending time in your yard like realizing you, your kids, or your pets have stumbled into a patch of poison oak. For people (and animals) who are allergic to the oils secreted ...

Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac can make for an uncomfortable summer or fall. If you have ever experienced the blisters, swelling and intense itching of even the briefest of encounters, then ...

A reporter in northern California found himself in a constant battle with the poison oak that was slowly encroaching on his house. Instead of trying to defeat the pesky shrub that often brings severe ...

If you were a Girl Scout or a Boy Scout, you probably heard the adage "leaves of three, let them be" to deter you from getting poison ivy rash. And, while it is true that a poison ivy leaf contains ...

Although there are numerous ways to classify California’s oak-dominated woodlands, the five vegetation types used in the ...