JDgreen227
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Agree with Yellowhair 42 it looks like stinging nettle...when I first saw the picture I was thinking it looks much like catnip because of the leaf shape.
Poison Ivy/Oak
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Susanjoyce
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I have no reaction at all to poison ivy--I pull it out with my bare hands, etc.--and i'm a white bread Anglo-Saxon midwesterner. On the other hand, I brushed against some stinging nettle a while back, and by evening my legs looked like they'd been in a fire. No blisters, just bright red, swollen, and painful.
When I have seeping blisters from touching something I am allergic to, I put antiperspirant on it. Dries it right up.
When I have seeping blisters from touching something I am allergic to, I put antiperspirant on it. Dries it right up.
pclausen
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I didn't know stinging nettle grew natively in the US. I have never seen it in Virginia. On the other hand, we have plenty of Poison Ivy/Oak, which I gather would not make good wine, nor a nice hot soup!
Daves Maple Farm
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OUCH...lol
Susanjoyce
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PClausen--
In Ohio we don't have poison oak, thank goodness. But when I searched the net for ways to kill stinging nettles from a safe distance (say, from the next county), the first page was for recipes. Not a help.
In Ohio we don't have poison oak, thank goodness. But when I searched the net for ways to kill stinging nettles from a safe distance (say, from the next county), the first page was for recipes. Not a help.
Treemonkey1000
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Plenty of stinging nettle here in Washington. And I grab it by the stalks and pull it out or have weedwhacked it often without problems. I don't remember any poison ivy around here. There is another big plant called Devils club that is sort of nasty here.
CompactTractorFan
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JDgreen227
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When I was younger there was a lot of stinging nettle around in mid-Michigan but I have not seen any for a while. When I said earlier that nettle looked like catnip, I meant the leaves are shaped very much alike.
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I've never understood why PI (which I get bad) doesn't make you itch right away. If the plant doesn't want to be eaten or trampled, wouldn't it want you to know RIGHT NOW instead of hours later? I don't get it. By the way pclausen, very handsome pooch in your avatar.
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