Cut this for a friend yesterday. Was amazed at how bright the colors were. Pics don't do it justice. Any ideas? Spikey stuff, but not so sharp as rose.
Spikey shrub with yellow wood
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KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Autumn Olive
I,d say its a " shrubbery" of the monty python variety.no , maybet a
young locust ?
young locust ?
mga
wandering
on the subject of shrubs...what be this:
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
That's Pokeweed
Looks like what my dad calls Russian Olive ..little semi-sharp thorns and tough as heck. Seems like a cross between a Locust tree and scrub Honeysuckle .
I cut some mulberry the other day. Some big trees, some small bushes like that with yellow wood. Autumn berry bushes aren't "spikey", and don't have thorns.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Autumn Olive does have thorns
These? I've picked quite a few gallons in my time, and have never come across the first thorn.
The reason I say this is because when you go to pick them, you grab the branch near the trunk and work your hand up and out towards the end pulling the berries off as you go, dropping them into a bucket, or bowl below. An internet search says they do, but I've never been stuck by a thorn doing them that way, so I've never noticed them to have any. They do make a good tart jelly though, and a decent sour apple wine.
brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
Goatweed?
mga
wandering
lol...yea, I think i'll pass on the salad......
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I see this plant now and then when I'm in the woods bow hunting or doing trees. never knew what it was.
Original post maybe barberry (sometimes called firethorn)? Fine thorns but very plentiful. Small leaves, sometimes reddish but there are green varieties I think. Going mostly by the color. The other is pokeweed, I hate them. Messy plants. My son likes to whack plants with a stick (future swordsman), I told him he can whack all of these he can find.
mauldinoutdoor
ArboristSite Operative
Prep sounds similar to all the work the indians used to do to eat acorns way back. Run fresh water across the nut meat for 3 days. Way too much work. I tried dandelion salad when I was a kid and realized why everybody tries killing it instead
And even after all that, the acorns are still bitter. Dandelion tea is pretty nice, and pretty good for you as well.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/241852-benefits-of-drinking-dandelion-tea/
mga
wandering
lol...I think every one who had an old Italian grandmother can attest to the fact that they'd spend hours cutting dandelions from the road sides!
Mahonia for sure. We've got hundreds and we eat the 'grapes'. Also called Oregon grape holly.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mah...j17NvJAhXGeSYKHSKFB6oQsAQIHA&biw=1680&bih=913
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahonia
Xjcacher
ArboristSite Member
Then you cook it in a skillet with an egg and some green onions. Goes great with beans, fried taters and corn bread.
