Very Curious As To What These Berry Ladened Shrubs Are...

[Mari-in-IN]

These are at the edge of a grass field we make for hay. They are in a damp area right before the wetlands start around a small lake.  I'd guess they are 10-12 foot tall.
Any ideas?





Farmer friend holding up a penny for scale...


~Mari

[Use Less]

Buffalo berries? A guess, from googling "red berries in bunches".

[here to stay]

Did you ever get an ID for sure? I thought maybe American Beautyberry but was pretty unsure.

[feather]

I agree, it might be something like beautyberry, and that comes up in google images. The most similar are types of honeysuckle, winter berry, and beauty berry. I looked at a lot of berry and leaves pictures. I couldn't find anything definitive.

Leaves, opposite, oval pointed.
Berries cluster around stem in bunches.

[Mari-in-IN]

Hey Use Less,here to stay,feather,

I do apologize for not getting back to this thread!  Yeah, it sure looks like American Beautyberry!  They sure are neat looking.  Have never heard of those before - will be telling our farmer friend as well so he knows what they are called...  Sure appreciate ya'll taking time out to ID them...
~Mari

P.S.  And this was very nice to hear - since I'm crazy about birds and whatnot-
"The fruit from this shrub are an important food source for many species of birds and animals. This food source will last well into the winter months when other food sources are unavailable."

[feather]

If it is in fact beauty berry, it has been used as an anti malarial and for rheumatism. Anything that will help the creaking of muscle and bone, I'm all for it.

Interesting, if you read about its medicinal uses, the leaves have a repellent type quality to keep mosquitoes and bugs away. The leaves were crushed and used with horses to keep bugs away. This is cool stuff to google if you have the interest time and inclination.

[shin]

Those shrubs are a fine nice size!