American Beauty Berry

Callicarpa americana

Found at a zoo.

sunswimer02 11 years ago

Callicarpa americana PLANTS Profile for Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) | USDA PLANTS

Tokio 11 years ago

Thank you alicelongmartin and sunswimer02.

sunswimer02 11 years ago

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result....
This is another site for some good info on beautyberry.

alicelongmartin 11 years ago

That is the name of the berry, Beauty. I don't believe it is edible for people, but the birds love it.

Tokio 11 years ago

Oh that's cool, do you happen to know what the berry is?

alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Beauty Berry, loved by the Mockingbirds.

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Tokio

Spotted on Sep 3, 2012
Submitted on Sep 7, 2012