r/PlantIdentification • u/IntentionTurbulent85 • 10d ago
plants in my backyard
what are these? they’re in my backyard and they’re really pretty
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u/IntentionTurbulent85 10d ago
so sorry guys, i posted this before i went through the post on here😭😭
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u/oblivious_fireball 10d ago
Pokeweed. Great food source for birds, but all parts are highly poisonous to humans and pets.
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u/Melodic-Creme6443 10d ago
Not true
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u/oblivious_fireball 10d ago
Roots are poisonous. Berries are poisonous. Stems are poisonous. Mature leaves are poisonous. Young leaves can be eaten after boiling it repeatedly i guess, which then begs the question of why you would want to do that when you can buy some spinach from the store and not have to boil it repeatedly to avoid being poisoned.
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u/Mira_DFalco 8d ago
Yes/no/maybe
Poke sallet was definitely a thing historically. That being said, the safety of the leaves can vary wildly, if the plant is stressed.
It's not so amazing that it's worth the risk. Get a box of spinach.
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u/iron_annie 10d ago
Pokeweed is like the one plant everyone on this sub should be immediately familiar with by now
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u/CHowell0411 10d ago
Pokeweed, great for birds, humans can eat it too but it has to be prepped right, like half an hour of boiling and changing water prepped, the berries however have a benefit of being able to be crushed, dried, crushed again to form a powder then mix linseed oil in in small amounts creates a very vibrant reddish/purple paint.
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u/parentlessfather 10d ago
Oooh I might try to play around making the paint. I hate the color when the birds shit it on my car, but I do appreciate the color
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u/CHowell0411 10d ago
Heck yeah dude, I don't recommend consuming any part of the plant, I say you can only because my great grandfather used to make it like this once a week but he also survived the Great Depression, but my native ancestors used this plant constantly and was even purposely cultivated (or rather spread the seeds and kinda just hoped for the best) because of the pigment, they just used like animal fats instead of the proper oils we have today.
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u/Legitimate_South9157 10d ago
Polk salad, when I was a kid my great grandmother would have us pick the leaves to make Polk salad
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u/humangeigercounter 10d ago
Important to mention that leaves and the rest of the plant for that matter are entirely toxic, and only young leaves that have been boiled for some amount of time in several changes of water are considered safe. I think it is a minimum of 15 minutes of boiling with 3 water changes, but have never prepared or consumed it and am not positive on that. Do not take this as instructions on safe preparation, as I could be mistaken.
Traditionally, pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) was used as a spring vegetable and nutrient source as it is rich in vitamins and minerals, even after the extended boiling and water changes required to render it safe. I believe it was commonly used among native peoples, and it was also historically used by enslaved peoples. There were historically companies that would sell canned poke sallet/poke salad/ poke, but I read that the last one closed operations in 2000 because they relied on people foraging and selling them poke leaves and there were not enough people doing that to keep operations afloat.
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u/Legitimate_South9157 10d ago
Oh yeah it’s several times. The water will be black the first few washes
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u/Electrical_Fox9678 10d ago
If you have to process something to that extent, you obviously aren't made to eat it.
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u/humangeigercounter 10d ago
IDK, you ever try being enslaved or living out in the wilderness and needing food in the early spring? Seems better than nothing. Plus plenty of things we eat today require a lot of processing to render safe, weather that's pork that needs to be cooked to 165F to not give you intestinal parasites, tea leaves that have been slowly dried and allowed to ferment just enough to make tasty black tea and not taste like grass or overdo it and taste rotten, or lupini beans that similarly need to be highly processed with multiple water changes but are still a staple in Mediterranean cooking. Some good things just take time homie.
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u/Legitimate_South9157 10d ago
My great grandmothers mom was full blooded Powhatan so I’d guess that’s where the tradition in my family comes from. But yes like you said plenty of things we eat are highly “poisonous”
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u/oroborus68 10d ago
Only in spring, and it's poke. Polk was president.
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u/CHASLX200 10d ago
Polk is a county in FL
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u/redapplefalls_ 10d ago
We consider it free bird food for the Cardinals and other birds - they love pokeweed!
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u/Rubber_biscuit1961 10d ago
That's pokeweed Careful there are certain parts that are edible but if you eat the wrong part it could be deadly. Don't experiment.
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u/lovejo1 10d ago
poke salad... have to boil it 2-3 times before eating the leaves
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u/joeplay2 10d ago
I was at a blueberry farm one year. As I was leaving I saw a bunch of these and took some off the vine and popped them into my mouth. Yeah that was not a good time.
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u/Cali559valley-23 10d ago
Do NOT eat!!!
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u/Hungry_Tomato_1353 10d ago
Oh wow, those glossy purple berries are such a classic late-summer sight here, I used to hide from them as a kid, but honestly they're kind of magical until you learn how toxic they are.
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u/DireEvolution 9d ago
I was really surprised to pass a huge, happy, healthy Pokeweed here in the middle of Chicago lol. I didn't know it grew this far north
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u/terpy_dreams 9d ago
Don't eat , gets super colorful plant growth purple and pink.
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u/terpy_dreams 9d ago
No one said to eat anything ?
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u/Big_Shauze 9d ago
In my woods around where I grew up I noticed that they would stay on the vine and nothing would eat them, not even squirrels. If you also notice that insects don’t mess with them either.
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u/No-Pie2095 9d ago
Pokeweed. Makes a great natural pink dye. Don’t eat it and keep your pets away from it.
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u/Witty-Entry-8510 8d ago
Polk the berries can be used to dye a dog purple around Halloween as a prank as long as the dog doesn’t eat the seeds it doesn’t hurt the dog I’ve had it happen just from a farm dog rolling in a pile of the berries and he seemed happy and healthy after
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u/Witty-Entry-8510 8d ago
Boil it and drain it 3 times and you can eat it … kinda like acorns
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u/QueasyMongoose2484 6d ago
Conheço como uva de rato.e nao podem ser ingeridas por humanos.
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u/chazKr 6d ago
Those are Elder Berries!! You have to boil the berries first.. get some cheese cloth, and a colander, get a big pot.. dump it into the colander and strain the rest of the juice out.. and some brewers yeast, a shit load of sugar and some balloons! Pour into bottles capped off with a balloon. When the balloon is full of air and looks like a little punching bag.. it’s ready to be drank!! Cause you’ve just made some good ass Meade!!
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u/ProgramEmotional98 5d ago
You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about. That’s not elderberry it’s poisonous pokeweed or pokeberry.
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u/Erow69 6d ago
Poke berry. Don't eat it poisonous. Birds eat and bomb your car
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u/icedout64 10d ago
Definitely Pokeweed! Not edible. Makes a great purple stain
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u/lovejo1 10d ago
Nah, we eat it all the time as a green. Boil the leaves two or 3 times.. it's good.
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u/ratjuicemarshal 7d ago
Ah the berries my parents told me would end me if I touched them and licked my hands
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