Are these cranberries? I surely do hope so, I’ve been eyeballing them all summer
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If these are cranberries, I’m guessing they’ll be ripe sometime in October? Please let me know.
Also need help identifying the following plants.
This beauty caught my eye because the light glinted off the leaves making it look like it was cast in bronze!
Now I know I’ve seen this plant in a book somewhere, but I can’t remember what it is.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen this plant before:
I feel like I should know what this is! I wonder, are the berries edible?
One more:
Of course it wasn’t all serious plant business–I also had fun jumping from rock to rock.
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September 22, 2011 at 10:52 am
Very beautiful, and juicy looking but am not sure? Could be redcurrants, cloudberries, or cranberries, we don’t really have them here:~)
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September 22, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Hmm, don’t believe it looks like any of those . . . so far it looks most like unripe cranberries when I compare with Google images.
September 23, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Lucky you if they are cranberries!
September 24, 2011 at 3:38 pm
If those are cranberries, they are not the kind of cranberries that grow in my neck of the woods. Mine are Viburnum sp (edule, I think) tiny little berries that smell and taste wonderful at this time of years as you walk through the woods and easy to recognize because the leaves are a gorgeous flame red.
These might be Vaccinium sp ( bog or low-bush cranberries) that are much more like commercial cranberries. You could either go back with a plant ID and key it out or when they’re ripe you should certainly know from the smell.
You definitely have very different plants growing out there than we do here. The fourth one down from the very top I’m sure is a sundew but I have no idea about the others. I’ll be checking back to see if someone enlightens us or if you figure it out because now I want to know!
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September 26, 2011 at 5:12 pm
When I googled Vaccinium sp, I got blueberries! I think they are bog cranberries, I’ve seen a few flowers too and they match what I get on Google images. it is also common in NS.
Now I know why the sundew looked familiar, it’s Narrow-leaved Sundew, a common species here.
September 27, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Hi Grace,
Those cranberries look like ones I’ve seen around here. They’re whitish and will turn red soon. I’ve gone out to pick some Thanksgiving morning to make into cranberry sauce for my turkey and they were just perfect for picking.
This was the first year I’ve seen sundew myself. Carnivorous plants are pretty cool.
Could the red berries that are turning black be Hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium)? They’re supposed to be good for eating.
September 27, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Thanks Amy-Lynn, I was hoping they were cranberries so I could gather some for Thanksgiving too. As for the id on the Hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium), that’s what it looks like–I’ll look into it further.