PI?

[PapaDave]

Walking in the woods a couple days ago, I noticed this.
I have other "leaves of three" plants, but I know what they are.
This one, not so much.
Got an idea?

Some of these have 5 leaves, so I'm confuzzled.
Never seen PI in person....that I know of.

 

[Applesister]

The oily looking red gloss says PI. All of it here first opens up with a red tint then as it matures it turns bright green. But the leaves are too ovate looking or oval shaped. PI leaves are wide at the base and come to a rounded point. At least one of the leaves in the threesome will have toothed margins, if not all of them.
It basically looks like PI. You could play it safe and assume it is Poison Ivy.

 

[ScotO]

Looks like PI to me......only one way to verify though..

Rub some on your neck and armpits..... Get back to us in a week with the results.....

 

[PapaDave]

Great advice Scotty.

 

[fox9988]

Little Johnny to math teacher, "Pi are round, cornbread are square".

 

[nsfd95]

The five leaf is Virginia creeper.

 

[PapaDave]

 

[JoeyD]

The second picture above is not PI and the first one does not really look like PI either. I'm not sure what it is though.

 

[Mr.Hardwoods]

I do not see any PI in these pictures. I am no expert and do not get any rashes from it, but I have seen it many times in my old paintball field.

 

[Mr.Hardwoods]

I do know though that there are many different versions of PI and they look different, this is mainly location dependent.

 

[jdp1152]

I do know though that there are many different versions of PI and they look different, this is mainly location dependent.

Yep. I've got a variety around the yard that needs tending to. One thing they all have is bristly stems when young and vines when older

 

[billb3]

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The tall one in the center looks like sumac
behind that are some 5 leaved that looks like creeper and mixed in with that I see a 3 leaf that might be poison ivy.

I find poison ivy growing under and amongst virginia creeper so often I just assume it is there.

 

[bogydave]

Pi = 3.14159

Not a strawberry plant,
I think it's PI.

 

[PapaDave]

The 3 leaf in back left is a Trillium.

 

[bogydave]

On second look, don't look like poison ivy, not vining out & I'm not itching

 

[Ashful]

The greener leaves of three in the back of photo 2 are Jack in the Pulpit. The redder one in the foreground could be PI, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[lukem]

No PI in that photo. Use as TP to confirm.

 

[Paulywalnut]

watermelon.

 

[NortheastAl]

Doesn't look like PI. Don't look like Virginia Creeper either.

 

[nsfd95]

Words of advice that took me about thirty years to follow "Leaves of three let it BE"

 

[rdust]

I have some taking over this place, I'll take some pictures of it tomorrow and post them. None of your pictures appear to be PI to me but I've see some variations over the years.

 

[albert1029]

the 5-leafer is Virginia Creeper as nsfd95 noted above...

 

[pyroholic]

No PI in those pics like I've ever seen. I always look for the 'thumb' that is on one edge of each leaf of pi. Pretty early in the year for it to turn red too. I wouldn't be worried about it and I can catch pi over a Wi-Fi connection.

 

[Wood Duck]

No PI in your photo. The plant in the center with three-part leaves is a plant in the ginseng family, which I think is called Wild Sasparilla Root or something similar. I don't have my wildflower book to be sure of the name, but it is not Poison Ivy.

 

[Ehouse]

No PI in your photo. The plant in the center with three-part leaves is a plant in the ginseng family, which I think is called Wild Sasparilla Root or something similar. I don't have my wildflower book to be sure of the name, but it is not Poison Ivy.

+1 on the Wild Sarsaparilla.