Don't Touch That!: The Book of Gross, Poisonous, and Downright Icky Plants and Critters
Not you Poison ivy is the 1 most common poiso nous plant that affects humans in the United States Oddly enough only humans and some other pri mates monkeys and apes get itchy when they touch poison
OO Boy I sure am glad poison ivy doesn t grow in Borneo Boy I sure am glad orangutans do grow in Borneo Other animals can touch the stuff all the time and nothing will happen Many animals even enjoy eating poison
FO One Leaf Three Leaflets So how can you tell what poison ivy looks like There's a handy phrase Leaves of three leave it be That's a good rule of thumb Actually more accurate ly the phrase should say Leaflets of three Each poi son ivy leaf is composed of three leaflets All three leaflets share one stem Together they form one
Poison ivy leaf Three leaflets Leaves can grow many different ways Some are called simple leaves and others are called compound leaves Simple leaves are attached directly to branches Compound leaf Simple leaf Branch Compound leaves are leaves composed of leaflets Leaflets look like leaves but they combine to form one big leaf Leaflets are attached to stems that are usually green and soft just like the stems on simple leaves These green stems are different from branch
