Anyoneplanningtogocampingorhikingshouldfirstlearntorecognizepoisonivy，（51）___thisplantcancausearashresultinginreddenedskin，anannoyingitch，andpainfulblisters．Asevere（52）___canevenforceapersontoremaininbedorbecomehospitalized．Thebestwayto（53）___thesediscomfortsistoavoidtheplant．P．F．Productions

Fortunatelythisplantiseasyto（54）___．Whetheritgrowsasabushoravine，theshapeofitisalways（55）___．Eachleafstalkhasthreeglossyleaves，usuallywithjaggededges．Inearlyspringtheleavesarered，turning．Andthentheautumncomes，theleaves（56）___tobecomebrightredororange．Thepoisonivyplantisfound（57）___everywhereinNorthAmerica．Becausemanybirdseatitsberries，itsseedsare（58）___distributed．Theplantlovesthesunandflourishesalongbeaches，infields，andbyroadsides．Italsogrows（59）___inlightshadeandisoftenfoundinparksandpineforests．However，inthickwoodsthestoryisdifferent．Itisnot（60）___there．Thatisbecausetheleavesofthetreesblockoutthesun，whichtheplantneedstogrow．

Thepoisoninpoisonivyisintheformofanoilthatisinallpartsoftheplant．Itisextremely（61）___．Merelytouchingtheplantisenoughcontactforapersontobeinfectedbythe（62）___．Touchingclothingorshoesthathavebrushedagainsttheplantcanalsocausearashandblisters．Eventhesmokefromafirewherepoisonivyisburningcancausetheskinpoisoning．

Apersonwhomakes（63）___withtheplantshouldwashallinfectedareaswithastronglaundrysoapassoonaspossible．Clothesthathavecomeincontactwiththe（64）___shouldbedrycleanedorwashedinsoapandwater．Thereisonegoodwaytopreventthe（65）___Stayawayfromtheplant!