Berry Quiz.

10-17-11 SHORT HILLS: We had more rain, but just a trace, it’s sunny and windy today. So many of the shrubs and trees have berries this time of year. I started to count the ones in the yard, but decided to make it a quiz. The pix are numbered and the answers are listed at the end. Other berry formers have finished during the summer like most viburnums, dogwood, spice bush to name a few.

1. An easy one to start, notice the foliage.

2. An evergreen.

3. Another evergreen.

4. A little harder. Deciduous shrub.

5. Another deciduous shrub, notice the leaf color.

6. Deciduous shrub with thorns.

7. Also deciduous, and dramatic color.

8. Again deciduous, orange leaves in a few weeks.

Answers: 1. yew, 2. Asian holly, 3. English holly, 4.winterberry holly, 5. burning bush, 6. barberry, 7. pretty berry, 8. black chokeberry. Tell me how you do, I'll list the winners.