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Bitter Cherry
Prunus emarginata |
Very bitter. Fruits red sometimes
translucent. Large pit. Late May-June. A tree with oval leaves, dark gray
bark with horizontal bands. |
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Devils Club
Oplopanax horridus |
Berry red, bitter and mealy with
large seed. Fruits in large cluster at top of plant. July. Plant
with large maple-like leaves and densely spiny stems. This plant indicates a high water table. |
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Snow Berry
Symphoricarpos albus |
Berry white, bland, insipid.
July-Oct, fruit often hangs on until late winter after leaves fall. Plant
with varying non-uniform, opposite leaves. Often forms thickets. |
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Black Twinberry
Lonicera involucrata |
Bitter. Berry black, in
pairs on reddish bracts. Plant 5-7 feet tall, leaves opposite, lance
shaped, pointed. |
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Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
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Berries
tiny in pyramidal clusters. July. Plant has opposite leaves with
7-14 leaflets. Grows in areas with mixed sun and shade. Can cause diarrhea. |
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Red-Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
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Berries Blue-black in clusters on
stem, often slightly hairy, large seed. Plant 5-7 feet, 3-part leaves,
grows in semi-sunny areas, vivid red flowers in April.. |
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Cascara
Rhamnus purshiana |
Berries black, numerous. July-Aug. Tree with alternate glossy
green leaves, strongly veined. May cause stomach ache or diarrhea. The
gray bark of this tree contains a powerful
laxative, and the berries contain smaller amounts of this same
property. |
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False Lilly of the Valley
Mianthemum dilatum |
Berries greenish with brown spots
then later turning reddish. Herbaceous plant forming a low ground cover in
the forest with heart shaped leaves. |
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Red-Osier Dogwood
Cornus stolonifera |
Berries white, sometimes with
blue tinge. Bitter. Thick shrub with opposite leaves with prominent veins
and red stems. |
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Orange Honeysuckle
Lonicera Ciliosa |
Bitter. Berries orange red,
small in bunches. Fused, opposite leaves. |
