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Flower:Baneberry
Reference:Trip Journal Entry
Family:Buttercup
Genus / Species:Actaea rubra
Notes:The bright red berries of this plant are quite showy compared to the non-descript white cluster of its flower. Both the berries and the foliage are poisonous. The berries may also be white.
Photo:

Iron Mountain, Willamette National Forest - - - August 14, 2002

Photo 2:

Illahee Lookout Trail, Umpqua National Forest - - - June 8, 2007

Guide:Wildflowers1 by Horn /Northwestern Wild Berries by Underhill / Wildflowers of the Western Cascades by Ross & Chambers / Plants of the Pacific Northwest by Pojar & MacKinnon / Poisonous Plants