| It only takes one case of poison ivy, oak or sumac to convince most people to stay away from these skin-irritating plants. |
| Next to the salad you'll find rings of raw onion lightly dusted with the zesty, purple-red sumac, which brightens up the taste of the meat in a subtle, but noticeable way. |
| To help stabilize slopes, try mahonia, manzanita, Ribes, or sumac. |
| And you can get even better protection by avoiding poison ivy all together, as well as its cousins poison sumac and poison oak. |
| Other favorite host plants are oaks, apple, hawthorn, birches, boxelder, willow, and sumac. |
| In preparing edible sumac, the hairy coating is first removed from the berries, which are then ground to powder-like consistency. |
