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Poison oak
rus-diversiloba

Poison oak, a shimmery 3 leaf plant that can turn new colors through out the seasons. Sometimes, green red yellow and also color can mean the soil and water and sunlight it has. Also some might look like clovers but don't touch them, or you'll get a oil called Urushiol That can cause a serious rash that can make you super itchy!
But, Poison oak is edible the native Americans ate it raped it around bread and used its oil to cure warts! And poison oak was a huge part of there life poison oak is a edible,Medicinal plant. The native Americans were some how immune to poison oak if we were to eat it it would cause stomach problems and weakens of muscles. Sometimes people say:
LEAVES OF THREE LET IT BE!!!
Some people think poison oak is poison ivy but poison ivy does not grow around here(:! A nickname for poison oak would be poison crawler. And the 3 leaflets are the main conducting parts of the oil. And there are over 40 types (Species) Of poison oak.


Whats the reaction?
Phloem as a tissue is composed of several cell types. One of these is a secretaory cell that generates the irritating substance, which is then carried within the surficial layers of the plant in laticifers, anastomosing canals. When one breaks the skin one releases the irritating chemical.
Chemistry version?
R= (CH2)14CH3 or
R = (CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)5CH3 or
R = (CH2)7CH=CHCH2CH=CH(CH2)2CH3 or
R = (CH2)7CH=CHCH2CH=CHCH=CHCH3 or
R = (CH2)7CH=CHCH2CH=CHCH2CH=CH2 and others


Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Rosids
Order:Sapindales
Family:Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:Anacardioideae
Genus:Toxicodendron
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