Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Le sumach a la puce ou a la gale (Rhus toxicodendron)French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard was born around 1742 at Aubepierre-en-Barrois (Haute Marne) and died on 26 September 1793 in Paris. He studied at Angers; and later illustrated and published a number of botanical and mycological works on French flora. He studied art and engraving under Francois Martinet; the celebrated artist of many of Buffon's natural history books.