[pct-l] Poison Oak

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

I believe squaw bush can also cause a rash ???...

where's christine "chrysanthamus" or whatever her trail name is the
botanist....?

s.c.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginny & Jim Owen" <spiritbear2k@hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Poison Oak


> There are plants on the PCT which look a lot like poison oak but aren't -
> i.e. Squaw bush (http://ww1.clunet.edu/wf/des/flowers/fwr-535.htm).  Some
> people think they are immune but it is just that they have been in squaw
> bush or one of its cousins instead.
>
> I am somewhat allergic to poison ivy but do not seem to be allergic to
> poison oak.  Jim is drastically allergic to poison ivy, but had no
reaction
> to anything on the pct.
>
> On the other hand, in northern California I sometimes had minor rashes on
my
> legs from heat, bugs, etc. which could have been partly poison oak - they
> just weren't nearly as bad as my poison ivy rashes (e.g. not painful).
> Ginny
>
>
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