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CAN YOU TELL THESE APART?

These look identical on the vine. One will kill you

SAFE

wild grapes

Vitis spp.

tendrils, bark that peels in strips, seeds inside

LETHAL

moonseed

Menispermum canadense

no tendrils, single crescent-shaped seed, smooth bark

How to tell them apart

Tendrils and multiple seeds = grape. No tendrils and one crescent seed = moonseed.

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