WHITE OR WHITISH FRUIT 



Trailing, climbing (i). 

 Upright herbs (2). 

 Upright shrubs (3). 



1. Trailing, climbing. 



Creeping Sxowberry {Chiogenes serpyllifolia) . Heath 

 family. 

 Trailing; leaves small, rounded, evergreen, on short 

 stalks. Fruit a white berry, soHtary in axils. Late 

 summer. 



Poison Ivy {Rhus Toxicodendron). Cashew family. 



Climbing or erect; leaflets 3, rhombic to egg-shaped, 

 mostly pointed, unequally notched, wavy or cut. 

 Fruit small, globular, berry-like, dun-colored, 

 clustered in axils. Early autumn. 



2. Upright herbs. 



White Baneberry {Actaea alba). Crowfoot family. 

 Ht. abt. 2 ft.; leaves of many leaflets; leaflets 

 pointed, cut and toothed. Fruit conspicuous, 

 oval white berries each with dark spot, in raceme 

 on thick red stalks. Late summer. 



3. Upright shrubs. 



Red Osier Dogwood {Cornns stolonifera) . Dogwood 

 family. 

 Rather tall shrub; leaves egg-shaped, not toothed, 

 short pointed, somewhat rough, somewhat white 

 beneath, with slender stalks. Fruit in terminal 

 clusters. 



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