Michigan's ecosystem is diverse, stunning and perhaps deadly. Growing in the state's woodlands are poisonous plants. Here are ...

Poison ivy, oak and sumac all can create itchy rashes from urushiol. What you need to know before the rash starts.

Poison sumac is found across a large portion of the ... The woody plantgrows to 15 feet tall and has bark that is a dull gray. It has a red stem sprouting from a grey bark stem.

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...

If you do have your skin exposed to poison ivy or poison oak, treatment with manzanita leaves and bark is one recommendation ... belong to the cashew or sumac family, with a botanical name ...