Berry fruits can also be found in the fruit & vegetables section. Every garden should contain an ornamental shrub or tree with hanging clusters of berries. Young branches and new leaves are always covered with fine hairs. My husband spotted a tree on our land that has a trunk about 3 inches in diameter, and stands probably 15 to 18 ft tall. Some trees and shrubs display fiery red berries in late summer or fall, which persist into winter. There are many styles of decorated trees I like so I usually have 5 theme Christmas Trees. I haven't found this tree in on-line keys. Cornelian cherry dogwoods are hardy in USDA zones 4 through 8. The tree is currently eight feet tall and doesn't seem done yet. It boasts leathery, spiral leaves, which, like the berries, contain milky latex. Elder (Elderberry) Sambucus nigra Frequent small tree, generally on calcareous soils. A mature tree has very broken, dark grey to black bark. The flowers give rise to reddish-black "berries" fed on by birds, 5–10 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter. Click on images of Samaras, Seed Pods, Fruits, Berries, Cones and Nuts to enlarge. If I remember the flowers correctly they are small, whitish and in clusters. Small black berries are arranged in whorls around and along the branches. These become black berries on red stems. For about its first decade the bark of a black cherry tree is thin, smooth, and banded, resembling a birch. The tree … Plants identification with berries. rib. Tree identification by examining images of seeds and fruits. The leaves are long and shiny, resembling a … Each branch is long and skinny like a cane on a berry plant, and they have lots of red berries that are starting to turn black. Birds eat the berries, however, and may pick the tree clean before the fruits have a chance to drop. The leaves are dark green on top and lighter green on bottom. In a glorious display of crimson, scarlet or vermillion, their branches are studded with jewelled clusters of berries. Identifying trees that commonly grow in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region. Distinctive leaves with 5-7 leaflets. In this section you will find pictures of edible and poisonous berries. Favourite of wine makers, with hanging umbrellas of tiny black fruit on brittle arching branches. The newest leaves are paler with tinges of red. Sideroxylon inerme is a semi-coastal sturdy broadleaf evergreen tree with dense foliage, displays of white bisexual flowers and edible purplish-black berries.