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Also Known As	Toxicodendron radicans • Rhus radicans • eastern poison ivy • Rhus toxicodendron

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Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Red, patchy rash with raised areas on human skin, showing an allergic contact dermatitis reaction caused by exposure to poison ivy.

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