Wild shrub near UBC with red berries. Please help me identify this.

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  1. Antitwitter

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    It has veined, alternate leaves and carries lots of fruits now in September. The RED berries have a star-like ending like Salal-Berries.

    The shrub can grow high like a tree and I found it in the Pacific Spirit Park near Acadia Road.
     

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  2. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Cotoneaster rehderi. An exotic weed in this region.

    From W China and Tibet, this shrub has long been wild in Seattle...Old specimens of this shrub reach 8-15' tall, but most wild ones are young, thus small

    --A.L. Jacobson, Wild Plants of Greater Seattle - Second Edition
     
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    Thank you so much. Now I will try and find out if the fruits are edible. Maybe you won't hear from me again. Cheers.
     
    Antitwitter, Sep 22, 2009
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    Not poisonous, but not worth eating either - dry, floury textured, and very astringent.
     
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    Dozens of species of Cotoneaster have been found growing wild in Seattle, maybe you will spot others there also.
     
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