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Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) berries: Small yellow flowers
atop dense understory in the spring. Location: All around SNP, VA.
Toadshade (Trillium sessile) berries: Grows in shaddy
forests. Location: Gaule Mt. Trail, MNF, WV.
Hearts-a-Bursting/Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americana
): Tall,evergreen shrub. Yellow flowers give rise to strawberry-like fruit which burst open in the fall to reviel 4 smaller
fruit. Location: Prince Williams National Forest Park, VA. Photo by Ken Clark.
Berries of Shadbush, Service Berry (Amelanchier arborea):
A small tree.and one of the first to bloom in our region. Location" Bear Pen Tr, Tea Creek Backcountry, MNF, WV.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Berries: Nestled at the base of two stout stems
each supporting three broadly lanceolet leaves. The berries will eventually turn firey red. Location: Ramsey's Draft Wilderness,
GWNF, VA. Ripe berries (The leaves hve died back.). Location: BFT, PA.
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Scouring Rush (Equisetum hyemale): Grows around water.
Previously used for cleaning cookwear. Location: Greta Falls NP, VA.
White Baneberry/Doll's eyes (Actaea pachypoda ):
Clusters of fine, white flowers give rise to these in late spring/early summer. Location: SNP, VA. Photo by Ken Clark.
Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) berries: Clusters of small
white flowers give rise to these in September/October. Location: Dolly Sods, MNF, WV.
Green berries of the Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana). Drooping, yellow flowers give rise to these green berries which eventually turn blue.
Note the six lanceolete leaves on the same plane below the set of 3 leaves and berries. The tubers are edible raw and taste
like ... cucumber.
Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata): A deciduos Holly.
Location: Little North Mt, GWNF, VA.
American Holly (Ilex opaca): Evergreen Holly. Male and Female individuals. Males bear fruit in the winter, Can
grow to 40 feet. Location: Prince Williams National Forest Park, VA.
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Common Horsetail (Equisetum arvense): Forest, fields and
swamps. Location: SNP, VA.
Witch's Broom: Actually a disese caused by parasitic aphids that
attacks shrubs and trees causing the affected part to grow in a dense clump.
Berries of Devil's Walking Stick, AKA Hercule's Club (Aralia
spinosa): A tall shrub/short tree which has dangerous thorns at limb junctions and the rest of the bark, hence the name.
Fruit in fall. Location: Prince Williams National Forest Park, VA. Photo by Ken Clark.
Hobblebush Viburnum, Witch's Hobble (Viburnum lantanoides):
White flowers give rise to these berries which eventually turn red. An understory bush that sets new roots when branch ends
touch the ground. Location: West Fork of Tea Creek Tr, MNF, WV.
Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina): Not a fern but a wax
myrtle, a shrub. Produces green burs. Location: BFT, PA.
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