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Can we eat this berry)

18 years ago

We have this berry all over our wilderness property (sky high ranch) and don't know what kind it is or if we can eat it.

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unknown Berry Bush photos

Thank You

Mike and Susan

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chrsvic
18 years ago
I'm not a botanist, but to me this looks like some sort of gooseberry (Ribes genus). If that's the case, yes, it is edible.
terrene
18 years ago
I have no idea what it is, what an interesting looking plant. You could post on the "Name that Plant" forum, they can probably ID it very quickly.
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taragirl
18 years ago
Red currant?
florah
18 years ago
Have you gotten an answer?

It is not a gooseberry.
It has the leaves of a red currant, but all the red currants I know have berries growing in bunches like miniature grapes.
birding_nut
17 years ago
It definitely looks like a currant. Where do you live? Out west we have a plant called Wax Currant (Ribes cereum) that looks much like yours and doesn't have berries in clusters but instead much like your plant.

BN
Konrad___far_north
17 years ago
I'm voting for gooseberry.
Konrad
rbrady
17 years ago
Maybe Northern Red Currant (Ribes triste)? I definitely think it is a currant.

Rhonda

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