Poison sumac is usually found in New York, New England, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, ...

Skin contact with the oil of a poison sumac plant leads to an itchy, burning, allergic skin reaction. You can’t contract the rash from another person, but the plant’s oil can transfer from ...

poison oak and poison sumac to humans. This oil, called urushiol, causes the common poison ivy rash in people who are sensitive to it. I learned that the hard way when my golden retriever Sam ...