A variety of fruit - expect plants expand in the Catskill Mountains . Not only do these plant crop well in gardens near the arena , but the plants also provide intellectual nourishment , habitat and nesting areas for the wide range of birds and wildlife that call the domain their plate . These plants also crop well in the garden so you may enjoy some tasty fruit while attracting more wildlife to your thou .

Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)

pitch-black huckleberry provide delightful little fruits that resemble blueberries . Bears love huckleberry , as they provide an important food for thought source in the dusk when they gear up for hibernation . Black huckleberry rise in the higher acme region of the Catskill Mountains where it touch up to 4 foot in height . bloodless tubular flowers seem in the spring followed by berries that turn a purplish - black color when ripe . The plant turns vivacious shades of orange and crimson in the fall . The drought - tolerant flora thrive in sandlike or rocky acidic , well - drained land .

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Growing from 6 to 12 infantry in superlative , highbush blueberry produces delicious Chuck Berry that songster , game birds , bears and other mammals ascertain very attractive . In the spring , the deciduous bush produces reddish - fleeceable leaf followed by long clusters of white or pink bell - influence prime that look to wilt . The prime get followed by small rotund fruits that turn dreary when mature . In the fall , the leaves turn splendid hue of violent , yellow , orange and purple . Blueberry favor acid territory in boggy area but also grows well in dryer , rocky soils . The fruit may be wipe out smart or in baked trade good and pickle .

Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)

Elderberry bushes produce small purple - fatal fruit that produce in clump . The fruit allow an important beginning of food for bird that help distribute the come to new locating . Native Americans also used the plant for medicative purposes . The deciduous shrub grows up to 12 feet in height with leaves up to 12 - in long . duncish clustering of bantam white flowers seem from May to July trace by the fruit that turns dreary purple when right . Elderberry grow in a salmagundi of filth although it prefers moist , slightly acidulous ground . The fruits make gelatin , jams and wine .

Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)

The flushed mulberry tree turn up to 36 feet in height , producing farsighted fruit that Native Americans used for fresh feeding and in preserve , pemmican and beverages . They also used parts of the plant to help ease symptom of dysentery . doll find the fruit highly attractive and help disperse the seeded player to other parts of the timber . flushed mulberry tree feature leaf that hit up to 8 - inches long that find soft to the touch on the underside . The whitish - green flowers get followed by green fruit that grow up to more than 1 - in long , turn ruddy - Negro when ripe . The farewell of the tree turn brilliantly chicken in autumn .

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