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Fig7.1_PoisonIvy_EderaTrifolia_PhillippeCornut_1635, copyright New York Botanical Garden https://www.nybg.org/
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Learning to avoid Poison Ivy (Edera trifolia) must have been an important skill for the Europeans when they settled in New Netherland. Native Americans were not as susceptible to the rash it produces.