Shrub with red berries

[Brushpile]

 

[CuivreDog]

I sure hope I'm wrong but it looks like bush honeysuckle to me!

Break a stem and see if it's hollow.

 

[Doe Shooter]

Oh yeah. the dreaded bush honeysuckle. hard to kill. it's everywhere. not beneficial at all. shallow rooted. best medicine toothed bucket on a front loader. or yank it out. takes some nasty hi dollar herbacides

 

[Brushpile]

No, this is NOT bush honeysuckle! These berries are hard.

 

[Native Hunter]

There are two or three possibilities, but without more information I think Carolina Buckthorn. If that is right, your berries will start turning a deep blue/black color soon. The ones in my fence row are beginning to turn right now.

Look at the pictures of the second plant at this link:

http://utarboretum.tennessee.edu/plantsc.htm

 

[Bigeight]

Holly winter berry would be my guess.....Edit: now seeing Native hunters link, that looks like the shrub if the color changes

 

[Native Hunter]

This is Carolina Buckthorn in the fence row behind my house this morning. This plant has "thorn" in its name but has no thorns.... As you can see, the berries on the ones here are just beginning to change from red to black.

If the berries on your plant start to turn, I think that is what you have too. If not, back to the drawing board.

 

[Brushpile]

Looks like Carolina Buckthorn, definitely not Winterberry.

 

[Doe Shooter]

Looks like Carolina Buckthorn, definitely not Winterberry.

Learn something new every day.

 

[CAS_HNTR]

May be spicebush....we have a bunch on our property

 

[CentralKyHunter]

Found me one on the farm today. Would not have otherwise known what it was. As soon as I seen it I remembered this thread