Question: Here’s the second of my three plant ID requests from our yard in Portsmouth NH. Found in wooded area near …
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Question
Here’s the second of my three plant ID requests from our yard in Portsmouth NH. Found in wooded area near wet area and wooded area long the road. It is woody and looks like it is segmented or something with a bud at the end. Hopefully you can see it camouflaged in with the leaves. If it helps any, we do have lots of invasives and poison ivy and we also have a lot of very young shagbark hickory saplings. Not sure if this plant falls into any of these options. Thank you for your help.
Answer
Dear Maryanne, you may have found Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison-ivy). This species is a short shrub that does not climb into/onto trees as does Toxicodendron radicans. The reddish winter buds this time of year are often a good field mark to help avoid dense areas where these plants grow.
