Nasty little native

While I love native plants and try to incorporate them in my landscape scheme,  there is one native that I'm just not that fond of--poison ivy.  In addition to the typical weeds I usually find in my backyard this time of year,  there has been a bumper crop of poison ivy seedlings.  The good news for me is that I'm not seriously allergic to it; I can handle it without gloves as long as I diligently wash up when I'm through with it.

Just to make it a little more interesting, there is another native vine, virginia creeper, that looks almost identical to poison ivy as a seedling.  Knowing how to tell them apart could save you from a nasty allergic reaction.  Here they are; can you tell them apart?

The poison ivy is on the left and the virginia creeper is on the right.  You can tell them apart because the poison ivy leaves are always in the cluster of three and the virginia creeper grows in a cluster of five leaves. 

May you always be successful at telling them apart!