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Strange berry plant in Heesch, the Netherlands This photo lacks focus or meaning, but I am mostly interested in the strange plant in the foreground. It has some kind of berries on them and very bright stems. Autumn,Fall,Heesch,Netherlands,Phytolacca americana,Wide angle Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Strange berry plant in Heesch, the Netherlands

This photo lacks focus or meaning, but I am mostly interested in the strange plant in the foreground. It has some kind of berries on them and very bright stems.

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    morpheme
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    It's common name is pokeweed and as enticing as the berries may look, it's poisonous… (ironic that the description gives nutritional info… I guess properly prepared the stems and leaves can be eaten in small quantities safely) Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
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      Much thanks for this! The info came from Wikipedia automatically, but I corrected it. Posted 11 years ago

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The American Pokeweed

"Phytolacca americana" is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 1 to 3 metres.

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Uploaded Oct 28, 2013. Captured Oct 27, 2013 15:41.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/18.0
  • 1s
  • ISO100
  • 14mm