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What is this bush?

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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    Seems I might have posted a picture of this a few years ago but don't remember what it is. Sadly the leaves are gone but still has some berries. Does anyone know?

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    Immortalized in Tony Joe White's tribute to Annie and poke sallet.
     
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    Huh,
    I have them on my bank and coming up behind my one stack. Never knew the name for it. I just called it, "the weed with staining berries"

    Now I know
     
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    Yep poke. Poisonous, but if you boil/prepare the young leaves, they're edible.

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    Im with poke as well. Remember mom calling them poke berries
     
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    Also known as poor mans asparagus. Very tasty when prepared correctly!
     
  9. red oak

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    Poke berries is what I learned as well. Also learned about the poisonous part but never boiled the leaves.
     
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    Bears like poke berries.....used to find bear scat all around them...
     
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    That there is a Backwoods Bush
     
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    Yup, I learned that name from my grandma...I figured it was just her folksy name for them...never would have guessed that was the actual name! :)
     
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    Well, Backwoods Bush or Poke weed. We have a couple of them but never had any until just a few years ago. No idea where the seed came from. They are growing in an area where we cut off some scotch pine several years ago. I guess they aren't harming anything so will leave it alone.
     
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    probably bird droppings. Ive noticed they will suddenly grow in an area that was heavily shaded, then cleared and weeds grow seemingly out of nowhere.
     
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    But I've never seen any of that around here at all. Hum...
     
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    We have a variety here in MD called milkweed it has those nasty staining berrys
     
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    Was that scat in the woods?
     
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    nope ...in an old apple grove....:D
     
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    Elder Berry
     
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