Mad Cow wrote:


It looks a bit like Aralia elata (a Japanese species which is hardy and
spreading in the northeast USA) or could it be Aralia spinosa which is
native to the southeast USA?

I hadn't thought about Aralia because our native A. californica has
whitish berries But A. elata has dentate leaflets and the leaflets seem
to be entire, also I don't see any signs of spines in either picture
so I don't think it is A. spinosa.
I'd like to see better pictures.
It does appear to be Araleaceae.
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