Small red berries ripe now ?

[Scots_Charles_River]

I was out walking along the Avon river trail and there was a lot of bushes
with small, almost iredescent red, berries, the size blueberries.

Also there was evidence of an animal having eaten some.

Any idea what they would be ? Edible ?

Nick

 

[fred gordon]

Difficult to tell without a picture. Can you give us one?

 

[British Red]

Incandescent red berries part eaten....today.....

Hows this Nick? Is this what you mean?

Red

Edit to say if it is, it could well be a Guelder Rose - lots of info here

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Viburnum+opulus

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Looks like a match. The flash has lightened the colour slightly ?
No pix form me today as it was gusty, snowing and I have already
damaged one camera in the winter.

They looked tasty.

Nick

 

[fred gordon]

Red,
Thanks for the note on that site. It looks like a lot of good stuff.

 

[British Red]

Yeah they are a darker red in reality mate - a better image is on the website ( but I like to record where I have found interesting or useful plants with images). They are edible but with care as it says on the link

Hope that Helps

Red

 

[Toddy]

You might like to be kind of careful with this; I've still got berries on the woody nightshade and they too sound a bit like your description.

http://www.horsedata.co.uk/WoodyNightshade.htm

No flowers or leaves left now though, just juicy red berries.

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[British Red]

Fred,

It is a great site with lots of useful info, although images are lacking on some posts sadly. Still, a great free resource.

Good call on the bittersweet nightshade there Toddy - should have thought of that myself. Was photographing those guelder roses today and it seemed a great fit - should have though harder!

Red

 

[JonnyP]

This is another good site for plant id, they usually have some great photo's of plants, and if your unclear of something, you can search by colour too...
http://www.floralimages.co.uk/

 

[xylaria]

Guelder Rose, viburnum opulus have very smelly berries when crushed. Woody nightshade berry dont smell much when crushed.

Has anyone tried consuming Guelder fruit, because to me the thought of eating something that smells that bad doesn't seem that plausable. Are you suppose to cook them? I know the vikings ate them, so if it is stinky fruit or cured shark, they might be more appitising.

 

[Toddy]

Good point

I've eaten it, it's okay, better cooked.
BR's name Bittersweet, well suits the nightshade.

Cheers,
Toddy