WHITE OR WHITISH FRUIT 
Poison Sumach {Rhus Vernix) . Cashew family. 
A branching shrub, maximum height eighteen feet. Leaves 
of seven to thirteen leaflets, egg-shaped to oblong, not toothed. 
Fruit small globular berries, clustered in axils. 
Poison Ivy. Poison Oak {Rhus Toxicodendron). 
Cashew family. 
A plant with woody stem, climbing or upright. Leaves of 
three leaflets, four-sided to egg-shaped, mostly pointed, un- 
equally notched, waving or cut. Fruit small, globular berries, 
dun-colored, clustered in axils. Early autumn. 
Bayberry {Myrica carolinensis) . Sweet Gale family. 
A branching shrub, two to six feet or over; leaves alternate, 
oblong, untoothed, or with rounded teeth, on short stalks. Fruit 
berry-like (drupe), diameter about one-fifth inch, with white 
waxy coating, thickly clustered on short stalks ; used for making 
candles. Sandy soil near the coast. 
White Baneberry {Actcea alba). Crowfoot family. 
An erect perennial, a foot or two high. The leaves of many 
leaflets pointed, cut and toothed. Fruit conspicuous in the 
open woods, oval white berries, with dark spots, in raceme, on 
thick (occasionally thin) red stalks. Late summer. 
POISOTJ SUMACH 
(.Rhus Vern±x) 
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