how do you tell the difference between virginia creeper and poison oak?
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While both plants are vines, they can be distinguished by their leaves. Poison ivy has three leaflets while Virginia creeper has five. Virginia creeper vines are thick like poison ivy vines, but will be covered in light-colored tendrils rather than rough hair.
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Sloe bushes have sharp thorns and wild damson trees do not. Damsons have longer stems so hang and look more like a tiny plum.
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Dogs can get poison oak and poison sumac as well. This trio of poisonous plants have one major thing in common: urushiol. Urushiol is the oily sap found throughout all three plants on the stems, leaves, and roots. Urushiol is fast-acting and quickly absorbs into the skin once contact has been made.
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Poison ivy leaves vary greatly in their shape, color and texture. Some leaves have smooth edges, while others have a jagged, tooth-like appearance. In the fall, the leaves may turn yellow, orange or red. Poison ivy can produce small, greenish flowers and green or off-white berries.
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Both deer and wood ticks have U-shaped backs, but the big difference can be seen in the coloring of their lower back region. A deer tick's lower back is red while a wood tick has a black lower back.
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Poison Oak. The leaves of this plant look a lot like oak leaves, and like poison ivy, they usually grow in clusters of three. But some kinds of poison oak have five, seven or nine leaves per cluster. Poison oak usually grows as a shrub in the Southeast or along the West Coast.
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Poison ivy is the only one that always has three leaves, one on each side and one in the center. They're shiny with smooth or slightly notched edges. Poison oak looks similar, but the leaves are larger and more rounded like an oak leaf.
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The main difference between red worms and nightcrawlers is that the red worms (or compost worms) are used in vermicomposting whereas the nightcrawlers (or dew worms) are worms that usually we can see feeding above the ground at night or on sidewalks after a rain.
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Texas oak (Quercus buckleyi) is a closely-related Central Texas counterpart to Shumard oak, but typically has smaller leaves and acorns; southern red oak (Q. ... velutina) has larger leaves with more regular lobing and a fringed acorn cup.
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Hardwood true mistletoes have thick green leaves that are nearly oval in shape, contrasting with conifer true mistletoes, which have small thin leaves or are nearly leafless. The small, sticky berries are white, pink or red and are ripe from October to January, depending on the species.
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Only two species of Virginia spiders pose a significant threat to human health: the brown recluse and the widow or black widow spider. The brown recluse spider is not native to Virginia and is rarely seen, but bites have been reported.
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If they are juveniles it should be easy to tell the difference. Another thing to look for is the scales on their backs. Kingsnakes have completely smooth scales, where Black Rat's have a slight keel (ridge) in the center of their scales on and along their backs.
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The live oak has one-inch long, oblong shaped acorns that have a scaly cap. This scaly cap often sticks to the branch of the tree with only the acorn dropping to the ground. The water oak has a small round acorn about a half an inch in diameter with a wooly cap that falls attached to the acorn.
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Leaves of Queen Anne's Lace have an opposite arrangement while the leaves of Yarrow have an alternate arrangement. The leaves of Yarrow are also more finely divided. In fact, the species name millefolium literally means “ a thousand leaves”. Its kind of like a millipede, but different.
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They are very similar in appearance to Rainier cherries. You might have trouble telling them a part at first glance. When you bite into them, the difference could not be more clear. Queen Anne cherries are on the very tart side while Rainier are very sweet.
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black oak: Black oak will have rough bark on the lower 2/3 of the tree and smoother bark above that. Red oak will have rough bark on the lower 1/3 only. Red oak will also have narrow flat or slightly indented striations in the bark. They look like ski trails wandering down the trunk.