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Submitted by:  John Gordon
Date Submitted: 7/3/2003
Location: Fairfax City, VA

Question Asked: this is a close up of the previous one. not sure if this is poison ivy/oak, but it came up in the same place some poison ivy came up the year before. this was growing next to some bushes in my front yard in fairfax city in virginia.

Answer: Hi John -

The first plant (in the top 2 pictures) is familiar to me but since it seems to be summer and a Sunday, the name is just failing to come to me :-(. I can say absolutely it is not poison ivy. One key characterisitic of this plant that helps in nixing it as poison ivy is the leaves being in pairs (opposite) on the stem. Another characteristic that is not like poison ivy is the general leaflet shape.

The second plant (bottom 2 pictures) is a bramble - likely wild blackberry or similar. I see bristles along the stem which help in identification here.

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Subject Author Date
identificationTerry McCord7/23/2010 12:32 pm
John Gordon's picturesfrancesca6/12/2010 10:23 am
Poison ivy or notLinda5/23/2010 1:17 pm
bleeding heartdeb5/9/2010 3:07 pm
plant identificationchris 5/8/2010 1:48 pm
Plant identificationSue6/9/2009 11:11 pm
looks like bleeding heartBen7/16/2008 9:24 am
Answer to questionLisa5/21/2008 5:01 pm
looks like a peony to meLaurie6/19/2007 10:05 am
not poisonwalker6/13/2007 1:12 pm
I have this toSheila5/14/2007 6:40 pm
Bleeding HeartTom7/25/2006 2:46 am
lobesPat J7/6/2006 0:16 am
poison picstom6/25/2006 10:57 pm
top two picsDLW6/17/2006 9:27 pm
no subjectmbnd2k6/13/2006 6:05 pm
IdentifierSteveK8/22/2005 11:08 pm
I think your plant is GortKatharine Wiley5/17/2005 10:31 am
Plant IdRich5/14/2005 4:35 pm
sassafrasMaryann8/17/2004 9:19 am
first two picturesVisitor8/8/2004 3:58 pm
no subjectVisitor6/23/2004 9:21 pm
no subjectchris11/14/2003 1:09 pm
unidentified plantchris11/14/2003 1:08 pm
unknown plantTheresa11/2/2003 10:11 pm
bleeding hearterie_guy7/22/2003 4:30 pm
    Re: bleeding heart (Approved)Betsy D.8/6/2003 11:47 am
      Re: bleeding heart (Approved)Ginny8/4/2005 4:50 pm