Farmers Beware! - VERY toxic plant!!

[Livinwright Farm]

I took a photo of a plant on my property(noted that we have at least 4 of these "bushes", was curious as to what they were, googled it, and found out that it is deadly!

The link to my photo & the info on this plant can be found here

 

[elevan]

Here's a rule of thumb for you regarding berries - ALL WHITE berries are poisonous, 50% of RED berries are poisonous and 10% of BLUE / BLACK berries are poisonous.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Wow, thanks for posting that info Emily, I never knew that.

 

[elevan]

It makes life a little easier when you know little tidbits like that. When wild eating (as humans) it's important to know certain traits of plants. I've taken an interest in wild eating in the past few years....

 

[redtailgal]

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[jodief100]

Here's a rule of thumb for you regarding berries - ALL WHITE berries are poisonous, 50% of RED berries are poisonous and 10% of BLUE / BLACK berries are poisonous.

My grandmother had a white mulberry tree in her yard. We ate those berries all the time. Is this the exception to the all white berries rule or was that tree some kind of mutant? My sister has one in her yard now, grow from a ctting of the one Grandma had.

I heard that statistic about the colors of berries on one of those "survival shows". Thought it was interesting...

 

[cmjust0]

Here's a rule of thumb for you regarding berries - ALL WHITE berries are poisonous, 50% of RED berries are poisonous and 10% of BLUE / BLACK berries are poisonous.

My grandmother had a white mulberry tree in her yard. We ate those berries all the time. Is this the exception to the all white berries rule or was that tree some kind of mutant? My sister has one in her yard now, grow from a ctting of the one Grandma had.

I heard that statistic about the colors of berries on one of those "survival shows". Thought it was interesting...

There's also a white currant..

 

[elevan]

Well...

Funny thing is that I have eaten white mulberries too Completely slipped my mind on that one...didn't know about the white currant cmjust.

Time to go shoot the person(s) who have put that statistic out there everywhere and making me look like a fool

There are exceptions to every rule...so let's just say that those are 2 and don't yell at me too much

I'd still prefer to go by the rule (even though it's not 100% accurate) when wild eating as more often than not it'll save you some trouble...though I guess that it should probably be amended to MOST WHITE berries are poisonous? But then again I'm not the one that blabs it on nature shows, in books and such...and that person is considered an "expert" :/

eta: Though I am curious...can anyone tell me if the white mulberry or the white currant are a naturally evoluntionized plant or if they are human "engineered" hybrids?

 

[cmjust0]

I have no clue.. Never really was that interested in 'wild eating' unless it was something I could shoot, or maybe catch with a spinnerbait.

 

[kstaven]

White currants are the product of several red species crossing out. Not man made but a natural cross.