Is this a mulberry?
Leaves look mulberry to me but fruit does not look clustered enough
Asking for a friend who is worried about it bc of her kids
Asking for a friend who is worried about it bc of her kids
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Could be Choke Cherry.bb
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Could be. The leaves look different tho. Why im puzzled.
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I would say common buckthorn, rhamnus cathartica, and it has poisonous leaves and fruits.
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Don’t think I’ve seen this in Kentucky before. Where is it growing…when you took pix?
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not choke cherry. they aren’t that dark and grow in strings like currants.
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This is on Long Island, NY
Fellow homesteader has it in her yard. I gave her Cornell’s CE info to confirm an ID
Quite a few ppl in the FB homesteading page vote buckthorn. It must not be common here - i cannot say i have ever seem it before and i eyeball every tree with berries on it.
Ty for the lead. I gave her Cornell’s info too. Get a positive ID. But for now told her to keep her little ones away from it
Exactly
Yes it looks like buckthorn, which is highly invasive here. It is just taking over everything. Tell your neighbor to cut it ASAP.
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Ty. What i passed on to her. Knew i would get an ID here
?aronia
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Looks like Buckthorn to me too. Can’t see the trunk, but the bark for buckthorn is quite distinctive compared to choke cherry and mulberry.
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No, i have grown aronia, similar look but not it
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