What Kind of Berries Are These?
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Found them in the river valley and I couldn't positively identify them from 3 different books. I think its some form of honeysuckle. The books say the berries range in groups of 2-5 but every bush I found only had bunches of 2 so it has me confused. I didn't think of getting a cross section of the stock at the time either.
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not high bush cranberries it seems.
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Forgot to mention the berries ranged in size for about 1 - 1.5 cm cross.
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looks like a chokecherry
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Did you taste them? BW |
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Its definitely not choke cherry. I was picking those when I came across these berries. I dont think they are pin cherries either. The edge of the leaves were smooth. Pin cherries also seem to hang down from the stem while these berries are tight to the stem. Pin cherries are also smaller, 5-8 mm while these berries are 10-15 mm. I did do a simple taste test, the berry was quite bitter, not sour like a cherry. I will try to go back tomorrow and get better pictures.
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look up soap berry
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You are correct; this is not pin cherry or choke cherry. Both pin and choke cherries have alternate leaves and this clearly has opposite leaves. I too am leaning towards a honeysuckle but can’t pin it down to species. I suppose it could even be an ornamental that has escaped
and established itself in the river valley. See Morrow and Amur Honeysuckles for example. |
Tartarian Honeysuckle, also known as Bush Honeysuckle. Not edible.
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Thanks to everyone that replied. |
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