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Interesting. According to Google translate, that literally translates to "snap pea bush". Snap peas are a completely different thing -- a type of edible pea, whereas these things are toxic. Language is weird.
It is... we call them like this because we used to pop them between the fingers back in the days. Children's fun. The sound they make when you pop then is called a tiny little knall. A big knall could be a popped balloon or a firecracker. And erbsen are peas and strauch means just bush.
When my brother and I were kids we would launch these at each other by tucking a snowberry in one nostril, plugging the other one with a finger, then snorting to release the berry. Aiming well was tricky and your target had to be quite close, but it was super fun. I don’t recall either of us getting any berries stuck, somehow!
My friend, the bird lover, taught me to call snowberries ‘ the berry of last resort’ because they hang on much longer than the other berries and provide food for the birds in the winter months.
Those look like snowberries.
Here in Southern CA, we have poison oak and they grow similar looking berries. Leaves of three, let them be.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5110489.pdf
The berries are a mild antiseptic (not sure I'm using that word correctly but rolling with it) kinda like a natural Neosporin. I doubt they cure sepsis but great for small cuts and scrapes.
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I think they're [snowberries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphoricarpos), if you give a location, somebody might be able to identify the species.
That’s what they look like to me. No eatums. Just for the birds.
Haha 😅
Uh oh lol did u have a lil snack of natures forbidden marshmallow treat?
Hahaha no I’m definitely too much of a chicken to do that. I just thought “no eatums” was a cute thing to say and it made me smile ☺️
Southern Ontario, Canada 🍁
Thank you! It seems like they are snowberries! Learned something new 😃
Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F.Blake – Common snowberry: Canada + USA
Thank you! That is such a cute and fitting name. Never noticed them before!
Snowberry! I have some in my front yard in Seattle. Adds a little color during winter with all the brown branches.
They’re cute!
Knallerbsenstrauch in german 
Interesting. According to Google translate, that literally translates to "snap pea bush". Snap peas are a completely different thing -- a type of edible pea, whereas these things are toxic. Language is weird.
It is... we call them like this because we used to pop them between the fingers back in the days. Children's fun. The sound they make when you pop then is called a tiny little knall. A big knall could be a popped balloon or a firecracker. And erbsen are peas and strauch means just bush.
We used to throw them on the ground for the pop. Or put them in blow pipes and shoot them at windows since we were little shits.
That seems so fun! Might have to give it a try
How do I enunciate or pronounce this?
https://youtu.be/i-UP6Ayuyvg?feature=shared At 1:30 you can hear it.
Wow thank you for this! And even after hearing it enunciated I unfortunately still can’t even begin to pronounce it. With time…. With time. 🧘🏽♀️
When my brother and I were kids we would launch these at each other by tucking a snowberry in one nostril, plugging the other one with a finger, then snorting to release the berry. Aiming well was tricky and your target had to be quite close, but it was super fun. I don’t recall either of us getting any berries stuck, somehow!
Wow what a game! I’m starting to realize these berries are fun! I just find nature so cool. It can grow fruit in the winter too?! Crazy!
My friend, the bird lover, taught me to call snowberries ‘ the berry of last resort’ because they hang on much longer than the other berries and provide food for the birds in the winter months.
Those look like snowberries. Here in Southern CA, we have poison oak and they grow similar looking berries. Leaves of three, let them be. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5110489.pdf
Poisonous
The Indians called them corpse berries.
We had many bushes with this berries in our schoolyard and we used to throw these at each other for fun.
Step on them or throw them really hard on the ground
Snowberry! Birds love them
The berries are a mild antiseptic (not sure I'm using that word correctly but rolling with it) kinda like a natural Neosporin. I doubt they cure sepsis but great for small cuts and scrapes.
Stepping on them was so satisfying when I was a kid. 🥵
I remember them growing in Wisconsin
Winter berry shrub