| Description | A woodland plant producing clusters of bright red poisonous berries. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | shade, partial shade |
| Moisture | prefers moist |
| Soil & Site | rich, moist woodland soils, optimum ph 5-6 |
| Flowers | clusters of white flowers, |
| Fruit | poisonous red berries with a eye spot (stigma scar) on a slender stalk (pedicel) |
| Leaves | alternate, compound, divided 2 or 3 times (2-3 times ternate), hairy beneath at least on the veins |
| Dimensions | reaches 2-3 feet by 2-3 feet |
| Propagation | division in the spring, seeds |
| Misc Facts | all parts of this plant are poisonous |
| Notes & Reference | #13-Growing Woodland Plants (Birdseye) , #65-North Woods Wildflowers (Doug Ladd) , #69-Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada ( Gleason, Cronquist), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |
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