#1

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
It was beautiful here today, with blue sky traced by a few wispy clouds and temperatures in the mid-70s. We went for a walk and saw some tiny dark purple-black berries I hadn't noticed before. Perhaps one of you knows what they are.
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And we saw what looked like figs, which I also don't think I have seen before. I would have thought our winters to be too cold for the plants. Figs apparently have been dated to the cretaceous era.
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And finally, also from the cretaceous, some roaming front-yard velociraptors.
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John
#2

Member
Idaho Falls, Idaho
(08-18-2021, 10:39 PM)churchilllafemme Wrote: It was beautiful here today, with blue sky traced by a few wispy clouds and temperatures in the mid-70s. We went for a walk and saw some tiny dark purple-black berries I hadn't noticed before. Perhaps one of you knows what they are.
[Image: Xw69od9.jpg]

And we saw what looked like figs, which I also don't think I have seen before. I would have thought our winters to be too cold for the plants. Figs apparently have been dated to the cretaceous era.
[Image: lqhRhNS.jpg]

And finally, also from the cretaceous, some roaming front-yard velociraptors.
[Image: P8QrvjS.jpg]

Purples are elder berries
#3

Member
Central Maine
Elderberry jelly is my all time favorite. Absolutely delicious.
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#4

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
(08-19-2021, 03:57 AM)Lipripper660 Wrote: Purples are elder berries

Interesting. They do look like elderberries, but someone else told me they look like pokeweed, and Googling that produces images that also look quite a bit like what I saw.
John
#5

Member
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Here’s a link that'll help clear up the mystery.  Elderberry has a toothed leaf and the fruit hangs in clusters.  Sure wouldn’t want Poke and Elder confused as Poke is toxic.  

https://herbs.motherearthliving.com/elde...ification/

Here’s a link that spends some time talking about the uses of each and with your scientific and medical background I’m guessing you will find it interesting.
#6

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
(08-19-2021, 07:17 PM)Lipripper660 Wrote: Here’s a link that'll help clear up the mystery.  Elderberry has a toothed leaf and the fruit hangs in clusters.  Sure wouldn’t want Poke and Elder confused as Poke is toxic.  

https://herbs.motherearthliving.com/elde...ification/

Here’s a link that spends some time talking about the uses of each and with your scientific and medical background I’m guessing you will find it interesting.

Thank you.
John
#7
We have those figs up here near the Canadian border too. I also thought that was strange when I first saw them, but there are a lot of varieties of figs and I would not be surprised if there were species that lived in relatively cold climates. Not that the PNW is that extreme, of course.

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