What kind of plant is this?
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KMS Woodworks on Jun 10, 2012elderberry perhaps?...the pics are a little hard to tell. http://www.bomengids.nl/uk/soorten/Gewone_vlier__Sambucus_nigra__Black_elderberry.htmlHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 11, 2012Are the berries very dark and hang in clusters? If so, you have poke weed. That's my guess from the color of the stem.Helpful Reply
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Sandra R on Jun 11, 2012Poke weed. Douglas, you are good! I call it an inkberry weed. They used the berry for ink and staining but very toxic I do believe?Helpful Reply
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Kathy R on Jun 11, 2012Berries are toxic. This is growing in our ditch.Helpful Reply
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Karen W on Jun 11, 2012This is growing in our next door neighbor's back yard. I thought it was a plant of some kind among all the weeds (they moved out last year and the house has sat vacant for months). It's interesting looking. Nice to know what it is finally!Helpful Reply
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Jamie M on Jun 11, 2012Looks like Poke. Yummm.Helpful Reply
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Alan J on Jun 11, 2012weedHelpful Reply
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Carlene M on Jun 11, 2012Yep, poke weed. Had a neighbor that would cut the leaves, boil it several times and it looked like spinach, bout what it tasted like too. Only tried it once, and only a small bite. Not my thing~ I cut a large one down next to my potting area and compost pile often. Large tuber root if you let it grow too long.Helpful Reply
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Erica Glasener on Jun 11, 2012Yes berries are toxic although only if you eat them. They add some decoration to the garden.Helpful Reply
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CONNIE W on Jun 11, 2012Poke Weed.Helpful Reply
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911 Address Signs on Jun 11, 2012yummy, love some poke salad..Helpful Reply
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Leslie D on Jun 11, 2012Yep, Poke Salad....we had a back yard full of it in SC, and used to use the berries as kids to mash up and paint our faces when we played Cowboys and Indians. My mom cooked it on a regular basis, and it turns out like Collards or Spinich, but you have to know what you're doing if you cook and eat it, or it can kill you.Helpful Reply
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Patricia Mayne on Jun 11, 2012We have one of those poke weeds that keeps poking up in the bushes in front of the house. Difficult to get rid of, we haven't had any success yet.Helpful Reply
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Donna Marie P on Jun 13, 2012Thank you all. Nice to know what it is. I let some grow because they are very pretty in a corner of the garden.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 14, 2012The birds will thank you for that, Donna Marie, and then ensure that you have them in other places. :-)Helpful Reply
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Vivian J on Jul 01, 2012If it is poke, we cook it up like greens, squeezed out excess cooking water, then mix it with a couple of beaten eyes, the fry it. Yes FRY it. It is an acquired taste. Poke Salad, like the song, "Poke Salad Annie" gator got yer grannie.....remember!Helpful Reply
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