It runs all the way down, flanking both sides. I pretend it’s a moat for protection. So lush in some places it’s difficult to not touch with your car as you drive along.

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My dumb ass wouldn’t have known that was poison ivy and would definitely have brushed up against it. You wouldn’t think poison ivy would be so close and abundant next to a road.

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“Leaves of three, let them be.” But I’m much more used to seeing poison oak than ivy, so my stupid ass stands a chance as well. The worst in my opinion is poison sumac, because I’d never seen it in my life before moving 5 whole hours north and it looked to me like a regular old fern-like plant.

It was not. What it was was all over my whole face.

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Oh nooo!! Rip you.

I don’t know anything about plants tbh lol I guess it’s good I don’t go outside

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That sucks. Usually poison sumac only grows in very wet areas. I had a dendrology professor who said (paraphrasing) “you’ll know if it’s poison sumac if your feet are wet”. Biology never follows rules though, so who knows.

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