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Phytolacca americana

Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 1 to 3 metres (4 to 10 ft). It has simple leaves on green to red or purplish stems and a large white taproot. The…

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gray catbirdinstance offollowed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds0.80text
northern mockingbirdinstance offollowed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds0.80text
northern cardinalinstance offollowed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds0.80text
and brown thrasherinstance offollowed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds0.80text
as well as other birdsinstance offollowed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds0.80text
some small non-avian animalsinstance offollowed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds0.80text
along fencerowsinstance ofedge habitats0.80text
and in wastelandsinstance ofedge habitats0.80text
phytolaccagenininstance ofChemistryThe entire pokeweed plant contains triterpenes0.80text
jaligonic acidinstance ofChemistryThe entire pokeweed plant contains triterpenes0.80text
phytolaccagenic acidinstance ofChemistryThe entire pokeweed plant contains triterpenes0.80text
betanininstance ofPokeweed berries also contain betalain pigments0.80text

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