Berried

These are growing wonderfully in the roadsides this autumn. People can't eat them. They are winterberries, ilex verticillata (to the best of my knowledge and ID skills). They are a form of holly, and will hang with us all winter, feeding birds (although their berries are not as popular with birds as some). Belying their beauty, they are poisonous to people. Its cousin plant is called ilex vomitoria, and it grows in the coastal Southeast.