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1. POISON SUMACH: EUs Vernix. 

 Cashew Family. June. N 



Shrub 6-15 feet high. Found on wet, low 

 ground. Very poisonous. Western Maine to 

 Ontario and southward. 



FLOWERS Small, whitish green in loose clusters 

 from the angles of the leaves. Fruit 

 small, dry, grayish white berries. 

 LEAVES 7^13 leaflets without teeth. Leaf- 

 stalks red. 



2. POISON IVY: Three-Leaved Ivy: Mercury. 



Rhus Toxicodendron. 



Cashew Family. June July. 



A plant sometimes vine-like in habit, some- 

 times bushy. Found along roadsides, on 

 fences and stone walls, tree-trunks, and run- 

 ning over the ground. Poisonous, and very 

 common. 

 FLOWERS Tiny, greenish white, in clusters. Fruit 



dry, grayish white berries. 



LEAVES In groups of 3 leaflets (Common Ivy, 

 Virginia Creeper or Woodbine has 5), 

 toothless or irregularly notched. 



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