To begin, it has very pretty berries and it grows naturally since it is a Texas native. Secondly, I have watched a mockingbird eat all the berries off a plant and not fall over dead. So somebody likes it for food.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
A Good Year for Deadly Nightshade
To begin, it has very pretty berries and it grows naturally since it is a Texas native. Secondly, I have watched a mockingbird eat all the berries off a plant and not fall over dead. So somebody likes it for food.
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It is really a surprise to find deadly nightshade growing in Texas. I remember it well, growing up in England. As children we were are deathly afraid of it. Berries just looked like bilberries. Reminds me of the pokeweed which is also poisonous and which the mockingbird also eats. Of course he also eats chile pequin too, say no more!
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