Common #dogwood #berries.
I use them for making natural dyes.

Patch of healthy tall #OregonGrape berries.
I find them too seedy & sour for my personal tastes. I only like them in jams/jellies when mixed with a sweeter fruit to balance flavours.

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#Rowan aka #MountainAsh #tree #berries. Some birds feed on them. We have a tree that's been in our backyard since before our family bought our property in the early 90s.

There's also a big one growing at Welland Community Orchard too - they planted it there to boost pollination for one hybrid grafted fruit tree - one of the grafts are in the rowan family.

I harvest their berries to use for #PlantBased #NaturalDye making. They have high tannins in them.

#Woodworkers like the dense wood of rowan trees for carving/turning & making tool handles & walking canes.

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#BearberryCotoneaster #flowers & its #berries.

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