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Monday Morning Mystery 081610
These blue berries are along the trail at the Celery Farm these days — we even saw them on our free guided walk two weekends ago — but I can't remember what they are except that the they are not blueberries and they do not look edible. Answer forthcoming (I hope).
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Silky Dogwood, Cornus amomum
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Yep, I guess you got the hint. 🙂
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Dogwood?
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It is common knowledge that the more tree-like member of this Genus (Cornus) is one tree that we can identify by its “bark”. The mystery plant is one of the shrubby members of Cornus. It’s either Silky or Red-osier, depending on the color of the fruit (blue for Silky; white for Red-osier). Oh, drat, the mystery shrub fruit seem to be half-and-half — but I think they are heading toward the blue.
But you will have to figure it out by consulting the most excellent book, “Identifying Woody Plants at the Celery Farm Natural Area”, page 20.
Good to eat? Ask the birds.
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Deedee Burnside
Silky Dogwood, Cornus amomum
Tom Burr
Yep, I guess you got the hint. 🙂
Mike
Dogwood?
Tom Burr
It is common knowledge that the more tree-like member of this Genus (Cornus) is one tree that we can identify by its “bark”. The mystery plant is one of the shrubby members of Cornus. It’s either Silky or Red-osier, depending on the color of the fruit (blue for Silky; white for Red-osier). Oh, drat, the mystery shrub fruit seem to be half-and-half — but I think they are heading toward the blue.
But you will have to figure it out by consulting the most excellent book, “Identifying Woody Plants at the Celery Farm Natural Area”, page 20.
Good to eat? Ask the birds.