Believe me, it's not Virginia Creeper or Box Elder. This thing had the
standard 3-leaf vine (~2ft long) branching off the 5-leaf vine (~6
inches long). The 5-leaf also had the center leaf with symetrical
(sp?) notches and all 4 side leaves with the irregular notches (few on
the side closest to the middle, many on the side furthest from the
middle). And it was definately 5 seperate leaves.

Virginia Creeper has all 5 leaves with identical symetrical notches.

pixi wrote:
Ever hear of Virginia Creeper??

"fran" wrote in message
...
Well, I was vindicated today. For years I have maintained that there
is a 5-leaf version of poison ivy and no-one believed me.

Today I pulled up a poison ivy vine by the roots, and found both the
standard 3-leaflet sets *and* the 5-leaflet sets on it! And yes, they
were from one plant - there was only one small root.

Silly me, though, I didn't think to take a photo of it until just now
- when it's already met it's fate. Oh well, I'll just have to wait -
I'm sure I'll find the (#&%&^% stuff again.

Just in case you're curious, the 5-leaflet set looks like the
3-leaflet set, except there are 2 more small leaves on the outside
forming a neat circle of leaves. The notches are the same and
everything. This version looks verrry like another vine that is
called wandering jenny, as I recall. Makes me wonder if they are
related.


http://www.zanfel.com/help/rashfaq.html
http://drcribben.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/poison-ivy/
http://nac.tamu.edu/x075bb/caddo/frameidx.html
http://extension.unh.edu/FHGEC/docs/poisnivy.htm
take a peek at these links and maybe it might clear things up concerning whether there are more than three leaves on poison ivy. cyaaa, sockiescat.