I saw one of these years ago, and now today here's another and I have
a camera with me

http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w47.jpg
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w47a.jpg

Tree, smooth grey trunk, about 15 feet tall, with apparently poison ivy
leaves.

What is it?

I didn't get in really close to investigate.

Purple and white Dame's Violet below. I was looking for a shot of
all 3 colors of these together, but it seems not to happen.
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I should have added : Central Ohio
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It appears to be a box elder (Acer negundo) that is often called "poison ivy
tree" as the trifoliate leaflets are remarkably similar to the nasty stuff.
Scott

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"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
I saw one of these years ago, and now today here's another and I have
a camera with me

http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w47.jpg
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w47a.jpg

Tree, smooth grey trunk, about 15 feet tall, with apparently poison ivy
leaves.

What is it?

I didn't get in really close to investigate.

Purple and white Dame's Violet below. I was looking for a shot of
all 3 colors of these together, but it seems not to happen.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
I saw one of these years ago, and now today here's another and I have
a camera with me

http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w47.jpg
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin5/w47a.jpg

Tree, smooth grey trunk, about 15 feet tall, with apparently poison ivy
leaves.

What is it?

Box elder, _Acer negundo_. It is a species of maple that has leaves
divided into leaflets [commonly not just three leaflets, leaves
with 5 or more may occur]. It's non-toxic as far as I know.
http://www.clemson.edu/extfor/public...er_negundo.htm
http://www.meemelink.com/prints%20pa...%20negundo.htm
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/pla...es/eb38-12.jpg

There do in fact exist trees or tall shrubs that are relatives of
poison ivy, but they don't look too much like box elder:
http://www.aces.edu/counties/Tallapo...ison-sumac.htm
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b700/b700_52.html

cheers

In article ,
Scott Ranger wrote:
It appears to be a box elder (Acer negundo) that is often called "poison ivy
tree" as the trifoliate leaflets are remarkably similar to the nasty stuff.
Scott

This rather invasive, fast-growing and weak-structured tree is called
Manitoba maple in Canada.