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[42itous]

This post is dedicated to kdsorceress on the occasion of her birthday. (I don't know how interesting you'll find its content, but I wanted to wish you a happy day.)



Growing in a particular spot near the bikeway in East Arlington are three plants I'm not familiar with (and also pokeweed, which I know thanks to a post in this space a couple of years ago). Two I'm guessing are not edible; the third sure looks like an edible grape but the fact that there are still many, many bunches of them within easy reach suggests that other foragers know better. I offer cake and ice cream to whomever can positively identify all three. The berries and leaves are grouped in comments below.

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[42itous.livejournal.com]

Specimen #2 has very blue berries on red stems arranged in stiff constellations.

Its leaves look, to the untrained eye, vaguely grape-like but with more separate lobes.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

virginia creeper?

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[42itous.livejournal.com]

Yep, looks like that's it! That's funny, we have virginia creeper on our property this year but I haven't seen the berries here yet. I think the leaves and berries are very pretty.