Plant identification?

[wafflechicken]

Thanks so much MackChick! I will post when they ripen. Wild cherry, eh? i'm used to identifying cherry trees by the fact that their branch innards smell like watermelon (maybe it's just me) these smell different... but still kind of fruity. Just not the distinctive watermelon smell I'm used to but the cherry trees I've experienced haven't been wild.

Even more fascinating is the "wood blossom" explanation. It feels just like saturated wood! But then again I've seem some terribly weird pupae and cocoons and whatnot as I wander past the "yard" safe zone into the, well, let's just call it the Fire Swamp. Definitely going to keep an eye on those. They totally didn't seem like part of the plant and yet they were... part of the plant!

Thanks again!

(I don't believe ROUS's exist)

(arrrrgggghhh!)

 

[wafflechicken]

OK they're ripening (the whitish spots are actually pale green where they haven't finished turning purpley-blue.

Elderberries, right?

 

[bluebirdnanny]

Is the stem pithy and hollow? Break easily in winter? These do NOT look like Elderberry to me. I have loads of elderberry native plants here just above where the springs bubble up out of the ground. They are tiny fruit clusters. Not as large as blueberries.

The woody part may be a smut/fungus disease or a gall. Prune it out and dip pruners in bleach/water to sanitize. Dispose (don't just drop it) or burn the growth.

 

[MackChick]

Could be dogwood!

 

[StupidBird]

Looks like a viburnum species. Do a google image search and try and match the leaf and stem.

 

[Highcotton]

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The bottom picture is Dogwood. The 2 top pictures are not Elderberry. i don't know what they are.

 

[Highcotton]

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So far the answer isprobably nine of the above. I am not that familiar with Viburnum but I am pretty sure it is not a antive plant but a landscaping shrub that has escaped captivity. I don't recall the name. Someone in the landscaping trade should be able to identify it immediately. I don't believe it is edible.