Wildflowers are producing berries these days. It is fun to see the red on the forest floor. Enjoy!

Smilacina racemosa or False Solomon's Seal. The earlier white blooms you saw here are now red berries. Each berry has one to two seeds. In the Lily Family.

Maianthemum canadense or Canada Mayflower. Also in the Lily Family, these berries have one or two seeds. Found in Canada, south to Georgia, northwest through Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska to Montana. The blooms were all over our woods, but not too many berries yet.

Solanum dulcamara or Bittersweet Nightshade or Deadly Nightshade. Don't eat these berries. This vine from Europe has pretty, tiny, purple and yellow flowers pictured earlier here. Although not deadly, the berries are poisonous. Long ago, the plant was used to "counteract witchcraft" according to a wildflower guide I own.

Solidago ulmifolia or Elm-leaf Goldenrod. You'll find this Goldenrod in the eastern U.S. and Plains. It doesn't grow west of Texas. It is shorter too, usually not over three feet tall. While most Goldenrod loves the sun, this one grows in the woods or on the edge of the woods.

Solidago bicolor or Silverrod or White Goldenrod. Silverrod, like Elm-leaf, is shorter, growing one to three feet. It travels into the woods and is the only Goldenrod that is white. It is native and grows in Canada and the eastern U.S. According to the USDA, it doesn't grow west of Louisiana. 

Botrychium dissectum or Cut-leaf Grape Fern. This single-frond fern grows in all eastern states and Canada, but not west of Texas. It stands about a foot high.

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