Northern Wild Raisin

  • berries are sweet, in clusters of many
  • berry has one flat, inedible seed
  • leaf is shiny, variable in shape
  • shrub grows to twice to person's height
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Look-alikes in Ontario

Downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum) is similar-looking but produces less palatable berries. It differs in that the leaf stalks are short or absent and the leaves are more downy on the underside.

See also nannyberry and hobblebush berry.

Related topics: Edible Mushrooms of Ontario - Edible Plants of Ontario
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