What is the name of this bush with Black Berries?
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Catherine Smith on Jan 14, 2014They look like mulberries.Helpful Reply
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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Jan 14, 2014Not mulberries but I think chokeberries (Aronia) is the genus which are found in the swampy areas or wet areas. or or chokecherries (Prunus Virginia) which also have darker berries in winter.Helpful Reply
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Terri Austill on Jan 14, 2014Mulberries are from a tree and look much like blackberries. These look like a native plant that I've seen growing here in out local prairie grass restoration area in central Illinois. Sorry I don't know the name of it!Helpful Reply
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Susie on Jan 14, 2014clustering formation of the "berries" isn't right for Aronia or Prunus virginia, looks more like the form that privet makes - possibly a Chinese privet? definitely not a mulberry. Check this link for the privet in January http://images.harc.edu/Sites/GalvBayInvasives/Species/Photos/LISI_2307079.jpgHelpful Reply
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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Jan 14, 2014Upon further reflection and could not get it out of my mind that they look a lot like my privet/Ligustrium seed heads off my female plants. Did the plants have any leaves on them? Was the plant more of a tree or a shrub? Okay do the berries have any pits?Helpful Reply
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D A-z on Jan 14, 2014possibly ... Salal (Gaultheria shallon)Helpful Reply
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Michelle Eliker on Jan 14, 2014Looks like privet berries but privet is evergreen. Hard to tell without seeing the leaves and flower.Helpful Reply
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Cynthia E on Jan 14, 2014I think it is a type of privet also-- we have some of those here on property berries and branches look just like those, I just don't know what they are called. Def. are not mulberries I have a mulberry tree, they look like blackberriesHelpful Reply
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Mary C on Jan 15, 2014take them to your local ag. center in your county,.....you don't want to eat something that is poisonious....but your local agriculture department from your county could give you some information.....please let us know what they are once you find out.....i love finding berries, crissy greens, the food that God gave to us from the woods.....just be careful.. :)Helpful Reply
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Jill on Jan 15, 2014What you have is either ligustrum sinense or ligustrum lucidum, commonly known as a Chinese Privet. It's hard to tell the difference between the two from your picture, but I think the ligustrum lucidum has shinier leaves and can grow a bit bigger, and the sinense has smaller leaves. They were brought over to be used as a hedge in the south east and are very invasive. Highly toxic to all animals except birds, who spread the seeds. http://invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=3035Helpful Reply
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Doris on Jan 15, 2014Salal is an evergreen...and the flower bud end always shows where the petals were, as a blue berryHelpful Reply
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Cyndi Neumann on Feb 01, 2014Thanks Everyone, It is now January and snow, the berries have started to fall of if I have not sprayed them with preservative. I also read about ink berries I wounder if I can dye material with it? I will let you know!Helpful Reply
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Cyndi Neumann on Feb 01, 2014Oh, my other name here is "ByLightOfMoon" Smiles, CyndiHelpful Reply
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