Can anyone identify this plant??

[rdust]

My face looks like Rocky from the movie Mask...Or Rocky from the movie Rocky (Cut me Mick)

I was sure hoping you were joking as I was reading along! I almost got chills when I seen the picture of the ivy bush!

I haven't had it in a long time but when I get it my face fits your description perfectly. I always tell everyone I looked like the kid Rocky from Mask or my dad used to call me the elephant man. The time I got it that bad I was in a tree clearing a spot for a tree stand, hacking and wackin'! I now know a "little" better and do a decent job avoiding it. I've been finding myself around it a lot lately though which is a bit scary.

Dennis will tell you all about how I "freak" out when I see it.

 

[rdust]

Can I use gasoline to remove the urushoil from my tools/saws or what should I use?

I like to use brake cleaner for cleaning up my tools. Cheap and cuts through the oil and grease well. You can buy specific PI cleaners like tecnu.

 

[bogydave]

I know it well from WV & PA as a kid. Sat in it once with shorts on.
Bet you will never forget what it looks like now.
Glad you're OK.
Bio-suit for me when I get around it. I'm glad there's none in Alaska

 

[Eatonpcat]

Seems to be everywhere I look on my property this year, Glad I finally know what it looks like!

 

[firefighterjake]

I know it well from WV & PA as a kid. Sat in it once with shorts on.
Bet you will never forget what it looks like now.
Glad you're OK.
Bio-suit for me when I get around it. I'm glad there's none in Alaska

On the other hand you have plenty of cow parsnip and Devil's Club . . . which seem pretty nasty.

 

[bogydave]

On the other hand you have plenty of cow parsnip and Devil's Club . . . which seem pretty nasty.

Got into both the last time I cut wood. We call it "pushki", it was a cloudy day so all was OK.
Devils club got me a few times but the few thorns that got met, festered up in a few days & popped right out. We also have "stinging nettles".
Poison Ivy, Snakes, ticks, chiggers , those are nasty things, Bears & mosquitoes are an irritant.

 

[charly]

I'm in the woods 3-4 days a month year-round in my spare time & first time in over 20 yrs....it got me too. Last Wednesday afternoon did some cleanup at sister's house a couple miles away in 100 degree sunshine..Moved her temp fence to placate her psycho neighbor (long story - neighbor paid to have land surveyed,and she's not even the owner,but her weirdo brother is),raked up some trash & junk in a 3 ft wide x 30 ft long strip in front of said fence on sister's property,there's poison ivy ALL over that area,plus a huge vine 5 ft north growing up the 6ft high chain link fence that's the border to Interstate 235 that goes through town.I was wearing long pants,boots & heavy gloves while working all around & ,hoeing/pulling/spraying that crap.


Took a cold salt bath that evening,no problems.Thurs morning went over there & finished the cleanup.Late Friday sometime started itching all over forearms,lower legs pretty good.Looks like I have measles.Reminds me of shingles which I had for 4 weeks in March 2000 & I wouldnt wish THAT on my worst enemy Its fine for several hours then starts itching like mad again.Grrrr..... I can see a slight improvement today finally though.That salt brine soak burned like hell when I rinsed it off earlier.Especially with those little blisters.Time for more calamine it looks like,what a pain in the ass...

Nasty stuff for sure. I worked around it 5 days a week when I was on a line clearance crew. I use to hate to unlace my climbing boots, figured they were covered in Ivy oil.

 

[charly]

Nasty stuff for sure. I worked around it 5 days a week when I was on a line clearance crew. I use to hate to unlace my climbing boots, figured they were covered in Ivy oil.

I always wanted to get a tee shirt made , all white with the three leaves and underneath the leaves have it say "LET IT BE". Bet you'd get a lot of good stories once people saw the shirt!

 

[Thistle]

My arms are very minor, lower legs got the worst of it,especially when they start itching again every 5-7 hours.Looks like they were sprayed with hot oil.

 

[Eatonpcat]

My arms are very minor, lower legs got the worst of it,especially when they start itching again every 5-7 hours.Looks like they were sprayed with hot oil.

Sorry my friend...Remeber, don't scratch that itch!

 

[MasterMech]

I know it well from WV & PA as a kid. Sat in it once with shorts on.
Bet you will never forget what it looks like now.
Glad you're OK.
Bio-suit for me when I get around it. I'm glad there's none in Alaska

Just another excellent reason for me to re-locate to Alaska!

Can't even weed-wack around this place without getting it.

 

[bogydave]

Just another excellent reason for me to re-locate to Alaska!

Can't even weed-wack around this place without getting it.

We have our down sides too ,with a few nasty plants, Long-dark-cold winters, mosquitoes & isolated from the lower 48.
But "I'm knowing what you are digging".

Every time I think about moving south, (usually mid or late winter) when I weigh the pros & cons, the pros for staying here are still winning.
This has been one of the cooler summers here, but I can handle it better than the heat.

 

[MasterMech]

I love playing in the snow and I work 3rd shift so I'm ok with the dark.

Not sure how I'm gonna like the skeeters but hey, that's life!

 

[HeatsTwice]

Here in California, poisen oak is everywhere. When ever I score wood in the forest, I can't avoid contacting PO. Over the years, I have found the best solution is to wash thouroghly with mechanics hand degreaser. The big orange bottle which has pumice in it is very inexpensive. It turns out that PO oil has the viscosity of grease although its invisiable. Thats why it spreads so easily. Try putting some grease on your hand in the morning, it will be all over your body by night - to see what I mean.

Now I don't even think about entering PO patches knowing that I can get it all off with a shower and this stuff:

(broken link removed to http://www.heavydutystore.com/fast-orange-hand-cleaner-c-766.html)