poison oak vs fragrant sumac

[doc henderson]

 

  

guess I could rub it on my face and see if it attracts people or breaks me out in a rash.  or ask you!  what @Cardiodoc read is that poison oak and ivy have a stem on the leaf, and the fragrant does not, although leaves of three.  oh, and there is a bonus bug on a lower leaf.

[rusticretreater]

Plant Net identifies it as Fragrant Sumac.  So rubbing it on your face might help make you more popular.

[nativewolf]

Doc, pretty neat find (at least for Virginia).  The leaflet won't have a  bud as it attaches to the leaf stem.  If you think of a walnut leaf it is like that, the leaf attaches to a stem where you'll see the bud.  Also it seems that a pair of rubber gloves and crush the leaf it should smell like lemon.  Either way that's about as close to Poison Oak as you'll get.  Thanks for the pics.

[doc henderson]

that makes sense. what about the little gold beetle bug? :D :D.  I asked him what it tasted like, but he refused to try it.