[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue 100

[Judith G]

Interesting note:  both poison oak and squaw bush are related ...  
although the Rhus family of plants to which they have historically  
belonged has been broken down, thanks to DNA classification, into  
several families,

Poison oak in se is rhus quercifolia, and the Pacific region diversiloba

poison ivy has been known as rhus toxicodendron or rhus radicans, but  
is now classified at toxicodendron radicans.

squaw bush is
and is related to rhus integrifolia (lemonade sumac) and rhus ovata  
(sugar sumac), and rhus laurina or malosma laurina, laurel sumac,
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> Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com wrote:
>> Most of the poison oak people were in holy terror of was not poison
>>  oak at all. It was squaw bush.
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> And I thought I was one of the lucky few who don't react to poison  
> ivy.
> So that "poison oak" I suddenly realized I was standing in was  
> probably
> squaw bush? That would explain why I never got a rash.