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Help with Identification
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Hi Dave,
What field guide have you tried? Was the plant growing as a shrub/small tree? Do the fruit taste awful?
Be well,
Josh
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Permalink Reply by Dave on -
I am using the Peterson's guides, plus trying different searches on Google. It is a shrub/small tree. Haven't tried tasting the fruit, but they do smell a little nasty. Thanks!
Dave
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Permalink Reply by Joshua on
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Dave,
Take a look at members of the Buckthorn family. I believe both the Peterson's Eastern Trees book and Peterson's Tree/Shrub book will have the species you are looking for. The fruit are not edible, but do have some medicinal applications.
Let us know what you find.
--Josh
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