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White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda		  
Family Buttercup  (Ranunculaceae)
Bloom Spring
Habitat Wet, shade, deciduous woods
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 1-3 feet
Flower Flowers form a dense slightly elongated cluster of tiny white flowers about 1-3" wide.  Each of the individual flowers are about 1/4" wide.
Leaf Leaves are 2-3 times pinnately compound.  Each leaf has about 5-20 coarsely toothed, oval shaped leaflets with pointed ends.
Notes The fruit is a cluster of rather large white berries, each with a conspicuous dark spot.  The stalks bearing the berries are red and the berries are poisonous.

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