Skin contact with the oil of a poison sumac plant leads to an itchy, burning, allergic skin reaction. You can’t contract the rash from another person, but the plant’s oil can transfer from ...

Her kisses are kisses of death. There’s another kind of toxic shrub called poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix). Poison sumac ...

Poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix) is a highly toxic plant species native to eastern North America. It's related to poison ivy and poison oak and notorious for causing severe allergic reactions ...

poison oak and poison sumac to humans. This oil, called urushiol, causes the common poison ivy rash in people who are sensitive to it. I learned that the hard way when my golden retriever Sam ...