In article ,
"Jeff Layman" writes:
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| I really does seem to be true. Google has many references to its toxicity
| (topical and systemic). I don't know of any other plant that has such toxic
| sap that rain falling through its leaves onto unprotected skin can be a
| hazard.

That would be true for Toxicodendron, too, except that the poisonous
coating isn't water-soluble. But it's not quite as bad, anyway.

| Sometimes it is quite fortuitous that some plants can't survive in our
| climate!

True.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.