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Name: Reid North Branch, MN (Zone 4b)    Anderwood Aug 12, 2013 9:09 AM CST |
This is a bush like tree In the boundary waters canoe area near Ely, MN. I want it in my yard! The berries did not taste like blue berries, but looked like them. It had a long stem. They were good when purple and pink.  |
Name: Kent Pfeiffer Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)           |
| It's some kind of Serviceberry (Amelanchier). If the berries tasted good, it's probably either Saskatoon Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) or Red Twig Serviceberry (Amelanchier sanguinea) http://plants.usda.gov/core/pr... There are a huge number of commercially available cultivars of Serviceberry, but most are based on hybrids involving A. arborea and don't produce particularly good fruit, they're grown primarily for the spring flowers and the fall color of the leaves. You'll want to find plants of Amelanchier sanguinea, Amelanchier alnifolia, or Amelanchier stolonifera if you want them for the fruit. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) My dogs love me; some people don't.           greene Aug 12, 2013 12:08 PM CST |
| Anderwood, you are braver than I am to taste something when you have not yet identified the plant. You live on the edge! Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)        Horntoad Aug 12, 2013 12:10 PM CST |
greene said:Anderwood, you are braver than I am to taste something when you have not yet identified the plant. My thoughts exactly. wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: Reid North Branch, MN (Zone 4b) Anderwood Aug 12, 2013 12:28 PM CST |
| A friend of mine ate them first! |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a) Horntoad Aug 12, 2013 12:44 PM CST |
| But how long after he ate them did you wait? wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)         gingin Aug 12, 2013 2:23 PM CST |
Anderwood said:A friend of mine ate them first!  Reminds me of the old Mapo adds..."Let Micky taste it...he'll eat anything!"Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) My dogs love me; some people don't. greene Aug 12, 2013 2:39 PM CST |
(Pssst...  let's see if this guy also posts on the mushroom forum.)Hope you have a lot of friends!  Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b) gingin Aug 12, 2013 2:45 PM CST |
Bad Mary  Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) My dogs love me; some people don't. greene Aug 12, 2013 8:19 PM CST |
 I promise to behave  , but I'm still not goin' camping or foraging with Anderwood...Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Rick R. Minneapolis, MN, USA zone 4      Leftwood Aug 12, 2013 9:57 PM CST |
| Based mostly on the singularly born berries, my best guess would be Amelanchier bartramiana, but really, there isn't enough detail in the pics to know. As a child and through high school, I spent at least a month every summer at our cabin a half mile south of the BWCAW. Most of that time exploring the wild. Olga Lakela's A Flora of Northeastern Minnesota was an indispensable companion. |
Name: Reid North Branch, MN (Zone 4b) Anderwood Aug 13, 2013 8:33 AM CST |
Here are more pics. |
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