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| On edge of property near ditch.....Is this an elderberry???
The "berries are more darker today.... course there are other trees and weeds etc around it.... Today berries are darker.....like purple dark purple Hoping I can eat them.....Crossing my fingers... Thanks Jean |
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- Posted by milehighgirl CO USDA 5B/Sunset 2B (My Page) on Thu, Sep 27, 12 at 19:58
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| The berries, when ripe, should be really dark. It is elderberry IMHO, but to make sure, if you can break one of the canes/branches, inside it has an easily identifiable corky wood with empty space. Not all elderberry are great eating, my wild ones tend to be bitter for example. |
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- Posted by malusmaven (My Page) on Thu, Sep 27, 12 at 23:28
| Looks more like winter berry - Ilex verticillata |
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- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 7:29
| It definitely 100% is NOT elderberry. |
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- Posted by windfall_rob vt4 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 7:51
| agreed, NOT elderberry. Berry clusters and leaf groupings are wrong |
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| Definitely NOT elderberry. You've missed elderberry season by at least a month here in KY - the fruits are long gone, but you might still be able to acquaint yourself with the plant's habit, leaf morphology - and some will likely still be carrying the stems of their now depleted fruit clusters - plan for next year. |
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- Posted by dallasfruitgrower (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 8:17
| That does not look like elderberry to me. Here are some photos of what american elderberry look like in bloom and with fruit: http://dallasfruitgrower.typepad.com/dallas-fruit-vegetable/2012/07/el derberries.html |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dallas Fruit Grower - elderberry
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| The berries in your photo look somewhat like Autumn Olive (Eleagnus umbellata), but the leaves not quite so much... more suggestive of the Ilex verticillata mentioned earlier, but the shady conditions may not be demonstrating the fairly prominent silvery undersides. If it is AO, the berries are pretty tasty when fully ripe; underripe, they're tarts and may still have some slight astringency. It's maligned as an invasive - and that may be the case - but the fruits are high in lycopene, and make a tasty jelly/jam. I've done some AO vodka infusions, and while they don't lend any red color to the end product, they do confer a nice flavor (and you can still use the vodka-infused fruit in smoothies 8>). |
Here is a link that might be useful: Autumn Olive
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- Posted by beetle_doc z5 Ames, IA (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 12:48
| Looks like Rhamnus frangula, a native buckthorn, to me. |
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| One more for NOT elderberry. Although there is a pinnate leaf to the right, it does not belong to the berries in the picture. |
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| my first - very inexperienced- thought was Nandina bush ? |
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 23:20
| No, not nandina. |
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- Posted by jeanwedding 6 ky (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 17:16
| could that be poison sumac I unwrapped around it? Thanks yall Jean |
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- Posted by malusmaven (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 12:09
| Beetle was on right track- specifically Corolina buckthorn - Frangula Carolinia |
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