Poison Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum (western poison oak) can be found throughout the west coast, mostly in California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Toxicodendron pubescens (eastern poison oak) can be found in the south east from Virginia to Texas. Poison oak always contains three leaves however are extremely variable in looks. The leaves loosely resemble oak tree leaves, can be red, orange, green, or yellow, can have white film or white specks on the leaves, or black marks where the sap had leached out and dried. Leaves of three, let it be