It is a small shrub that grows along a salt marsh and the causeways. The berries are small, hard, bright red and waxy looking. They are borne in clusters on the branches of the bush and have little or no stems. It bears the berries in the late fall and winter.

My husband calls it a Scenic Berry. I call it Seneca. I suspect that neither is correct.

Anyone know?
Thanks
PB

It's not Dahoon or possumhaw though--the shurb is much too small, especially for dahoon (even though it grows in wet areas).

I wonder if its a form of yaupon holly....

This particular bush grows right on the edge of a marsh and its roots will be washed with salt water twice a day as the tide comes in. It could be a variety of the yaupon. The leaf looks more like a yaupon.

Oh well, I can always just tell the DH that's it's a Seneca Berry and he can tell me that it's a Scenic Berry. The marriage will survive!!

But, inkberries are normally black, although a white cultivar or subspecies exists.

So, I'm wondering too.

Eric D