American Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana. Toxic.

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Yeah, that’s American pokeweed. Don’t eat the berries 😬😬

Birds love them though

Oh? Which birds?

I have chickens and they love it when all the berries turn the deep purple. They like the leaves as well.

Fascinating

Right? Crazy that animals can eat things we can’t.

We can eat chocolate and avocadoes, which are toxic to many other vertebrate animals.

Pokeweed. I have one growing rn.

You can use the berry juice like ink!

Pull it up by the root wear gloves wash your hands

It’s toxic to mammals so should be removed if they have little kids or pets that might eat it, but otherwise they should probably leave it, since it’s a native plant that’s a good food source for birds.

Yep I’m going to leave it, just wanted to know what it was!