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Posted by Erika Barthelmess,
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
July 30, 2019 —
Can you identify poison ivy? Here are four pictures to compare of which the first and last are poison ivy and the two in the middle are not. Remember: leaves of three, leave it be!
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_carousel_landscape/public/A94C16EB-8263-4EA9-97DE-091C490F1271.jpeg?itok=w9SkPhO9)
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_carousel_landscape/public/7840294E-61D2-4433-BBDE-FC6BB63D68BA.jpeg?itok=1TRikVfk)
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_carousel_landscape/public/3B973B5D-A084-4628-933D-C98C1555BE24.jpeg?itok=xzEY8mFI)
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_carousel_landscape/public/FFA6B5F1-DC1C-48E0-AB82-9E5E73BC72B0.jpeg?itok=KvKMVgah)
Is it PI?
PI or not
How about this one?
What do you think?
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_encounter_thumbnail/public/A94C16EB-8263-4EA9-97DE-091C490F1271.jpeg?itok=NE8T2FBJ)
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_encounter_thumbnail/public/7840294E-61D2-4433-BBDE-FC6BB63D68BA.jpeg?itok=xjDAJCml)
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_encounter_thumbnail/public/3B973B5D-A084-4628-933D-C98C1555BE24.jpeg?itok=ODeHOuOt)
![](https://www.natureupnorth.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_encounter_thumbnail/public/FFA6B5F1-DC1C-48E0-AB82-9E5E73BC72B0.jpeg?itok=54kkpiPe)