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Post by khoomeizhi on Apr 24, 2017 4:44:44 GMT -5
these days we're gorging on sochan and chickweed. looks like the lambsquarters aren't too far behind. getting the first few greenbrier shoots, too. violets, too, whatever color.
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Post by SteveB on Apr 28, 2017 9:13:59 GMT -5
I'm looking for someone with a cranial database of brambles particularly in the northeast of the US. I stumbled upon a few canes of a highly thorney cane that has a berry similar to the common black raspberries only red when ripe different leaf. I will post pics if I can figure it out. But so far I was unable to identify it. They were delicious last summer tho.....
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Post by blueadzuki on Apr 28, 2017 10:28:02 GMT -5
Look up Japanese wine berry
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Post by SteveB on Apr 28, 2017 11:06:23 GMT -5
Well Blue, I applaud how you seemed to nail that quick. I thank you for you accurate identification even with my babbling description. It certainly appears to be on spot. Thanks again.
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Post by blueadzuki on Apr 28, 2017 15:25:01 GMT -5
Not really. Japanese wineberry is the commonest fruiting bramble in the NE, by LIGHT YEARS (it's pretty much the only one so invasive that is is classified as a noxious weed). And most of the rest don't have red fruit. You'll find the odd thimble berry plant but those look SO unlike any other bramble that NO one could mistake them for anything else (in case you have never seen it, imagine a small rather upright plant with few to no thorns, pink flowers and leaves that look more like those of a maple than those of a bramble.) . I just played the odds.
One warning though. Since it IS classified as a noxious weed, it is actually illegal to propagate it. You can take all the berries you want from natural deposits, but if they catch you trying to plant a patch of your own, you could be facing a stiff fine (actually, you are supposed to eradicate it from any land you have, but given the rate it is spread by birds, it has been generally accepted that that part of the law is unenforceable.)
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Post by SteveB on Apr 28, 2017 15:50:31 GMT -5
Interesting. I was just enjoying the berries as I always do with the blackberries and raspberries. Never saw it before. I'll keep it in mind. It's on my neighbors land so not a lot for me to do with it.
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