Question: Looking for help to ID. Not tea berry. Early Spring ground cover found at damp edge of woods. Turner, Maine.
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Question
Looking for help to ID. Not tea berry. Early Spring ground cover found at damp edge of woods. Turner, Maine.
Answer
Dear Cgoulette, this is Mitchella repens (partridgeberry), a native member of the same family that coffee comes from. The leaves remain green all year and the red fruit you see comes from two flowers (the two flowers share an ovary that develops into the fruit you photographed). Best wishes.
