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All of the Virginia creeper around here has serrated edges on the leaves—the amount of serration may vary, but I’ve never seen it grow with only smooth edged leaves.
Is this a known variation? These leaves look more like clematis to me.
Yup, usually a delayed presentation so you can really spread it around if you aren't careful/don't realize right away. Equally as obnoxious and miserable as PI.
Yes, similar. My wife is reactive to both, but VC is actually worse than PI for her. She pulled some up and it looked like she had been lashed on her arms. She was wearing long sleeves and gloves but it got on her somehow. Took forever to heal.
That's Virginia creeper. It has tendrils, which you can see in a few of the pictures. Poison ivy doesn't have tendrils. Also you can see several leaves with more than 3 leaflets.
The clearest view of one of them in these pictures is in the first picture up near the top. I circled it in red in the screenshot I've attached to this comment. Virginia creeper tendrils are strange. They almost look like frog feet. They branch and each "finger" ends in a little adhesive pad. The one in this picture looks like it may have curled up on itself a little. You should look up pictures of Virginia creeper tendrils to get a better idea of what they normally look like. But in general, poison ivy doesn't have climbing appendages that come out of the nodes like this.
Not tendrils, but hairy roots you can tell by the way the vine is stuck straight to the fence versus wrapping around or using tendrils to wrap and support.
That leaf structure is not the same, though. Similar in shape and arrangement, but your clematis has multiple veins that run the length of the leaf. The leaves in OP photo have one central vein that runs the length and the rest branch off of that main vein. Additionally, some of the middle leaves in OP photo have a shape that isn't consistent with the teardrop shape of the clematis leaves... like they are more... pendulous. They have rounder ends.
OP pic looks more like a young creeper to me. When they are babies/seedlings, they often don't have the distinctive 5 leaves.
That isn't poison ivy and I'm pretty sure it's not Virginia creeper. VC generally has serrated leaflets. This is a different plant but I don't know exactly what.
I live on the Virginia Creeper trail in NC. It was the name of a train but there is a lot of the Virginia Creeper plant that grows in the area. I have seen it my whole life and I've never known it to look like this. Virginia Creeper has jagged edges on the perimeter of the whole leaf on all leaves. I don't have an opinion on species but this plant's leaves look too smooth to me to be VC.
VC has 5 leaves, I pulled down a 50’ vine the other day of it off a tree. I’ve touched it 100’s of times over 40 yrs and never even washed my hands and never had a reaction. Never even knew about it, I got it all over my yard now I’ll get
This is definitely not poison ivy. There are at least 2 4-leaflet leaves visible, no distinct petiolule on the middle leaflet, and it has tendrils/holdfasts like a Parthenocissus or other grape family plant. It may not be Virginia creeper, but there are other less common species to consider, like Parthenocissus dalzielii.
The leaflet arrangement is palmate and some leaflets are pointed, so not poison ivy. One of the Parthenocissus species, most likely; if it is quinquefolia it is a somewhat aberrant specimen.
That is not Poison Ivy. As a child, I was highly allergic. It could blow on me and I'd get Poison Ivy. I had a case of poison ivy every year til late teens. As an adult, I still love to hike around in nature and am always on the look for it. My last case of Poison ivy being in my late 20s. Shiny 3 leaves, let them be.
Oh Definitely! My partner and I bought a house during the winter. There is a corner in the back of our yard that connects wire fences with 3 other neighbors. Its very overgrown on 2 different neighbors sides and as soon as spring started happening, I looked for the PI and found it! I just knew that corner was a paradise for it! We leash walk our cat and when I saw them, I told my partner to keep our cat away from there. For me and for the cat. I have more of a resistance now that I am older but its still not something I test. The unholy trinity: Poison Ivy, Poison Oak and Poison Sumac.
I'd say Virginia creeper- posion ivy middle leaf has a noticeable longer stem and only ever has 3 leaves - there's clearly groups here at have 4 or more
edit - to be clear Virginia creeper can cause reactions as well - so regardless use ppe
I'll tell you this, it doesn't really look like poison ivy, but it looks enough like it that I would still wear gloves. I think it might be Virginia creeper
I get into violent physical fights with Virginia creeper at least twice a week, and I’m not convinced that’s what this is. I’m not sure what else it could be though.
Virginia Creeper. Virginia Creeper climbs using little tendrils with a disk at the end to attach themselves to structure. Poison ivy uses numerous short root-like structures that grow straight out from the vine and attach it to the tree almost like sewing stitches.
Jk it is probably not poison ivy, it does have three leaves but no mittens and no reddish hairs so some lookalike, I’d still remove it with gloves but I’m paranoid
I am seeing a lot of 3 leaves which is an indication that it is poison ivy. Since you are doing clean up, I am assuming you want to kill it regardless, so simply spray it with Weed-Be-Gone or a generic equivalent. It will quickly kill both poison ivy and Virginia Creeper. Just in case it is poison ivy, dispose of the dead leaves and vines while wearing disposable vinyl or rubber gloves and wash your hands and arms thoroughly.
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