# Identify these odd berries **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969 "2011-09-11T19:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/1 "2011-09-11T19:42:13Z")
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? photos: (the berries are shiny because I sprayed them with preservative; everthing else is the way I found them) [http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3834/img2190jm.jpg](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/img2190jm.jpg/) [http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2358/img2198q.jpg](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/img2198q.jpg/) ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/2 "2011-09-11T19:54:26Z")
Can you post a photo of the whole plant? What kind of a stem does it have? I don’t _think_ this is a pokeberry, which was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/3 "2011-09-11T20:06:47Z")
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. > **[Moonseed Family (Menispermaceae) - Canada Moonseed (Menispermum Canadense L.)...](https://chestofbooks.com/flora-plants/weeds/Poisonous-Plants-Canada/Moonseed-Family-Menispermaceae-Canada-Moonseed-Menispermum-Canadense-L-Pl.html)** > > Common Names The Canada moonseed is sometimes called yellow parilla or sarsaparilla, and vine-maple. Fruiting Plant of Canada Moonseed, and Seed. Description One of our most beautiful perennial... ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/4 "2011-09-11T20:08:09Z")
I’m going to guess porcelain berries: > **[fairy berry vines](https://purpleglitter.livejournal.com/573610.html)** > > this vine is coming for the trellis. isn't it gorgeous. i've never seen anything like it. perfect fairy garden vine! can grow 25 feet tall! the berries look like jewelry & attract birds! it's actually called porcelain berry and is extremely... > **[Ampelopsis glandulosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis_brevipedunculata)** > > Ampelopsis glandulosa, with common names creeper, porcelain berry, Amur peppervine, and wild grape, is an ornamental plant, native to temperate areas of Asia including China, Japan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Philippines. > It is generally similar to, and potentially confused with, grape species (genus Vitis) and other Ampelopsis species. > Several varieties are distinguished: > Ampelopsis glandulosa is a deciduous, woody, perennial climbing vine with flowers and tendrils opposite the ... They are an invasive species, native to Asia if that’s what they are. That first link looks a lot like your plant to me. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/5 "2011-09-11T20:46:05Z")
Whatever they are, they are beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/6 "2011-09-11T20:56:28Z")
Crunch Berries? Boo Berries? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-odd-berries/595969/7 "2011-09-11T21:05:57Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > I’m going to guess porcelain berries: > > [fairy berry vines: purpleglitter — LiveJournal](http://purpleglitter.livejournal.com/573610.html) > [Ampelopsis glandulosa - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis_brevipedunculata) > > They are an invasive species, native to Asia if that’s what they are. That first link looks a lot like your plant to me. Yes, that’s it. Thank you.