Poison Ivy Utah. Interviewer: You got into some poison ivy. To get the rash, the juice of the plant has to reach your skin, which can be done directly by touching the plant and indirectly via contact with clothing or a pet that carries the plant juice.

Finding poison ivy is easy in the United States, where it grows virtually everywhere except for Alaska, Hawaii, and some desert areas of the Southwest.
As young children, we learn "leaves of three, let it be" to remind us to avoid the shiny green leaves (technically leaflets) of Poison ivy (Toxicodendron spp.).
Yes, it does grow in the east, but this plant, Toxicodendron rydbergii, is the only form that grows in much of the West. This oil is called urushiol (you-ROO-shee-all). It's easy to identify by its clusters of.