eastern poison ivy
Phus radicans
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- vine
- Rated in
- Virginia / Mid-Atlantic
United States / Grow / eastern poison ivy
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- Fire ecology context
- Placement evidence
- Evidence regions
- Virginia / Mid-Atlantic
- Maintenance
Typed publication scope: 1 scope across 1 cited fire source
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV.
- Native range
- The legacy compatibility field lists VA in native range; its field-level source was not retained.
- Introduced / established
- USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
- Legal-list status
- Seed-list status
- Reported invasive here
- Broader regional context
- Federal context
How to read this page
The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.
The evidence
Mid-scale / conditional (1)
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Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300)
“M flammability”
Triggers skin allergies in most people. Invasive.
