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Old 30-08-2011, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Pat Kiewicz[_2_] View Post
a small child might be hurt
if s/he grazed on a whole store's worth of plants...and how likely is that
Very unlikely, as the berries aren't tasty.

The plant is specifically Cotoneaster horizontalis, a very common garden plant, often arriving of its own accord, presumably a gift of the birds.