> One way to learn to identify this plant is through sheer experience - to see it in its many forms, as well as similar-looking plants. You normally do this by tromping through the woods.
I don't understand this. How does tromping through the woods and seeing many ivy-looking plants teach you anything, unless you have a way to know definitely which are poison ivy and which are not?
I don't understand this. How does tromping through the woods and seeing many ivy-looking plants teach you anything, unless you have a way to know definitely which are poison ivy and which are not?