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Salal
Gaultheria shallon
berries are bland, clustered 5-15
berry terminates with star-shaped slit
leaves are thick and glossy
shrub grows waist high, forms thickets
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Look-alikes in British Columbia
American pokeweed
(
Phytolacca americana
) produces poisonous dark blue berries that are superficially similar-looking but differ in that they are not five-part. In addition, the cluster has a corn-on-the-cob appearance rather than being row-like.
Related topics:
Edible Mushrooms of BC
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Edible Plants of BC
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