What kind of ivy is this?

Pen29050092
by Pen29050092
Hi, Unable to find out what kind of plant this is. My internet search did not help. Should I remove it? Is it poisonous? Wanted to see if I can use it for a topiary. Thanks for your help. 😊
  13 answers
  • Tot30812745 Tot30812745 on Jun 16, 2018

    ENGLISH IVY


    • Shaza Lee Shaza Lee on Jun 16, 2018

      it is not english ivy

      look at one leaf - shape, edges, veins, do they grow opposite or altlernate on the stem. if possible find a bud at the end of a stem then google and find a plant key.. start with identifying it yourself. it is useful to know how

  • Laura Cooper Laura Cooper on Jun 16, 2018

    English ivy was my first thought, too. It is very pretty and trainable

  • Sally Sally on Jun 16, 2018

    I googled "image of poison ivy and poison oak" your picture looks like poison oak. I'm not positive but you might want to Google that to compare...just to be on the safe side

  • Barbara Barbara on Jun 16, 2018

    Looks like poison ivy. Leaves of 3 left it be. Or pull it out!

  • Yeah, I second the poison oak. It is definitely not English ivy

  • DB DB on Jun 16, 2018

    Your picture looks like Poison Oak. To remove it where gloves and protective clothing, and put it in a black bag, DO NOT burn it. Leave a few leaves on the ground and treat with round up to kill the root. Repeat treatment as you see it reappear. Some people are very allergic and others not so much.

  • Vicki Evans Vicki Evans on Jun 16, 2018

    Mutant Poison English Ivy from the Planet Zoltar.


    I honestly don't know. Looks a bit like both. Perhaps u can show pics to someone at a plant nursery and they can help?

  • I hadda do a little more research on that one, the leaves on the last picture I posted weren't quite the same. I think it's kudzu

    https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Kudzu

  • Ebbjdl Ebbjdl on Jun 16, 2018

    Looks possible to be poison ivy or sumac. I know one has 3 leaves, and the other 4. You local nursery would know. Pull it out from the root with gloves and put it in a clear plastic bag. Take it with you. If you have no luck, go to the local library, you don't need a card just to look at books. Find a few on plants, and see if you can find it that way.

  • Ski9919068 Ski9919068 on Jun 16, 2018

    This is not poison oak. if you look closely at the juncture of the three leaves on poison oak (and poison ivy) they don't connect as one larger leaf, They are individual leaves comin off of the main stem. The vine in question has one three lobed leaf coming off of the main stem. I don't think it is anything "poisonous". Also a lot of the poison ivies have a slight sheen to them which I think is the oily substance that actually causes the irritating rash when brushed against your skin. Another tip to try, if you don't want to use any herbicides, and don't have a large "crop" of it, is to boil a pot or kettle of water, pour the boiling water over the newest tender leaves and the stems especially at the starting spot of the plant and soon they will wither, die and kill the entire plant in as little as a day. This was what my great grandmother, grandmother and my mother always did and of course I do it and it always works. Good Luck on identifying it, though.

  • Ski9919068 Ski9919068 on Jun 16, 2018

    Also Virginia Creeper and Boston Fig vines are often misidentified as poison ivies. Virginia Creeper looks exactly like poison ivy when it first starts to leaf out with just three leaves but soon sprouts out the other two.

  • Maxine Crawford Maxine Crawford on Jun 16, 2018

    Leaves of three leave them be....i was ways told that lol

  • A A on Jun 16, 2018

    Check with your county extension office. They usually have a website and some will let you upload pics for identification.