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Friday - November 14, 2008
From: North Wilkesboro, NC
Region: Southeast
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Plant identification
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
On our farm we found a plant that we had never seen before. It has long stems coming from center ground level and is about 3 feet tall, looks like a fern from far off. The leaves (length of finger) are in pairs all the way up the stem from ground to tip. Each set of leaves has a set of purple berries(size of berries--cluster is about 1 in size and 40 to 50 berries in each cluster. We noticed the plant only because of the berries. We have a photo of berries and plant if that would help in the identification of the plant.ANSWER:
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