Tree Identification Help

[incendiary_dan]

I found these small trees/shrubs on my parents' land, and I'm looking for some help identifying them. I'm almost entirely sure they're autumn-olive, but just in case I want to have a few other people back me up on that before I chow down.

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[incendiary_dan]

Some people have troubles with the images. Try right clicking and selecting view image or show picture. Worked for a friend.

[incendiary_dan]

Nothing seems to make it work here, but I was able to load them onto a message board.

http://www.rewild.info/conversations/index.php?topic=1172.msg12622#new

autumn olive eleagnis

[incendiary_dan]

What do they taste like?
Looks like an autume olive from my computer :-)
Wanna BEE farmer

comes with the standard warning;
Don't try this at home.
eat at your own risk.
etc etc

RE: Tree Identification Help

[anonymous]

It's a Chokeberry bush, berries are toxic if eaten by humans. We used to pick these and through them at each other as children on our way to & from school everyday!

Re: Tree Identification Help

[incendiary_dan]

Quite incorrect. The previous commenter was right with their call of autumn olive (eleagnus umbellata). I've by this point eaten many thousands of the fruit, all the my health's benefit, not harm. My partner and I are considered expert autumn olive foragers because of our proclivity for finding areas with huge orchards of them.