Poisonous Plant (Berries)

Another option is an arboretum if there are any near you or conservatories. I had a plant that I wanted to know if it was native or a weed or whatever. I took a clipping to a local conservatory/green house type and they told me that it was an invasive plant. I decided to take them all out and plant a native one in its place. You will want to include at least part of a stem since sometimes leaves cannot be distiguished from similar plants.

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There are a couple of places I can think of:
- a local nursery or landscaping company should be able to identify the plant, then you can look up on the toxicity
- a local university or college with a horticulture/botany program

You can also enter a close description into google and see if you get any hits. I had a suspicious weed growing in the back yard, also with red berries and found out via google that it was nightshade (poisonous).

Good luck!

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bring leaf, twig and berries to the home dopot gardening department and they can tell you. most of the employes are master gardeners.

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You could take a close up picture and post a link to it. Or find out if you have a county extension office in your area and have someone there take a look at it. You are doing great to make sure the kids don't ever put unknown plants in their mouths- I always tell my son that those plants are for the birds to eat, not for people. And I keep the number for poison control on my refrigerator just in case.

I'm not from your area, but I think this might be it, from http://dcmga.com/
Call ###-###-#### ........ When volunteers are available, you may bring in a sample of diseased plants or plants you want us to identify, or call to ask your gardening questions.

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