Look Out: Poison Ivy!

Abundant in several areas of the waterfront, Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a three-leaved plant that grows as a trailing vine, climbing vine or sometimes a shrub. Perhaps most easily identified by its shiny green and/or reddish leaves, this plant causes skin irritation in most people who touch it. During the spring (without its leaves) the plant is best identified by whitish-yellow berries. In the video, the vine climbs up a cement wall originally built to reinforce the raised railroad tracks.