Plant Description:

• Prairie bush with a bristly stem, growing up to 2 m tall
• Dark green leaves of 5 leaflets
• Small white flowers produce a small, red and round fruit
• Occurs in open-forest, areas of shade, and riverbanks
• Berries used in jams, pies, and syrups
• Wilted leaves are poisonous, but dried ones are not
• Found at Stop 12

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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