Saw a sort of vine thing with interesting berries today, trying to figure out what it is. The internet is not being very very great at the moment. Looking for “berries new jersey” gets me lots of hits for blueberries (it’s our state fruit and a big industry here), “wild berries new jersey” gets me guides to edible berries (which I don’t think it is), and “weed berries new jersey” gets me discussions on marijuana. Weed photo galleries haven’t been any help either. What is it?
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(the berries are shiny because I sprayed them with preservative; everthing else is the way I found them)
If the berry in question contains a single, half-moon shaped seed, but otherwise looks like a small Concord Grape, then you’ve found the Canada Moonseed. Be careful, this is a somewhat toxic plant to ingest.