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There seemed to be a little confusion at NAM 4/27 about these plants. They are there.. (I never get it too bad, though)

I saw a few guys that got it pretty bad me though just a little not that bad im usually not that alergic to poison oak or ivy but people that are alergic real bad watch out not good stuff

There is plenty of poison oak in Califormia.

Another common confusion that i've been arguing with people about since i was 5 is POISON IVY DOESNT GROW IN CALIFORNIA. "It grows throughout much of North America, including all Canadian provinces except Newfoundland (but not the Territories) and all U.S. states except Alaska, Hawai‘i, and California" - wikipedia

are you serious, poisen sumac is in CA. i have gotten it, its not as common as back east but its here. you know when you get it because you get itchy bumps that form lined rather than blotches.

Muahaha I can go rolling in poison oak with no ill effects :D

[quote="tupp"]are you serious, poisen sumac is in CA. i have gotten it, its not as common as back east but its here. you know when you get it because you get itchy bumps that form lined rather than blotches.[/quote]

that's true u never know when your immune system starts to be alergic to it even if your not try to avoid it. I know a smart ars guy that said that he can even whip his ars well wrong thing to do but not only that but he went home and had sum fun with his wife ........ well that nite they were sitting in a tub of ice water

[quote="aka_sniper"]that's true u never know when your immune system starts to be alergic to it even if your not try to avoid it. I know a smart ars guy that said that he can even whip his ars well wrong thing to do but not only that but he went home and had sum fun with his wife ........ well that nite they were sitting in a tub of ice water[/quote]

your telling me about allergys. F uck, last month i randomly had allergic reactions to peanuts and shrimp. SOB i cant eat anything good anymore.

Yeah, Allergies are reactive over time/exposure, you can't be "Immune"

[quote="Rexbo47"]There is plenty of poison oak in Califormia.

Ok so here's my story and some help for people who are allergic like myself and wraith.

[quote="tupp"]are you serious, poisen sumac is in CA. i have gotten it, its not as common as back east but its here. you know when you get it because you get itchy bumps that form lined rather than blotches.[/quote]

BTW, brown recluse spiders DO occur in CA, particularly in the Southeastern desert areas and the hih desert reast of the southern Sierras.

[quote="wraith667"][quote="Rexbo47"]There is plenty of poison oak in Califormia.

So apparently there is another type of poison ivy "western poison ivy" http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TORY that is not the poison ivy people refer to when they say "poison ivy" and its far less common although it does grow in every state, except ours, which i find hard to believe. And as I said earlier, i was wrong in saying up top in this thread that poison sumac lives here

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Nah I believe ya hearing that is wet there, I wonder what it takes to get the USDA to update that thing haha

lol

good info guys, this is useful stuff here..

ugh!

I found this stuff at Sportsmen's Warehouse called ivy block, it seems to work really good. It's just this lotion that you put on your exposed skin and it keeps the oil from the poison oak from bonding to your skin. I have a friend who gets so sick from poison oak he'd had to go the the ER. He swells up so bad it causes him trouble breathing when he gets it. He used the ivy block last time we played airsoft and he trip and face planted into a large patch of posion oak. He didn't get it at all. The stuff works good.