Drupes are much like berries – but different. A drupe is a fruit that has a pulpy outside with a single seed inside that is surrounded by a stony exterior. They come in many sizes, large such as peach, small such as Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium).

Blackhaw drupes are eaten by Chipmunks, Squirrels, Hermit Thrush, Cardinals, Bluebirds and White-throated Sparrows.

Along with the flowers in spring, the colorful drupes through the summer into winter, and the purply-red leaves of autumn, it’s a good large shrub to find in your woods, or to plant in your garden.

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