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# Morning Mug: The Porcelain Berry
- URL: https://bklyner.com/morning-mug-the-porcelain-berry-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2011-11-18T12:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-18T13:47:06.000Z
- Author: Erica Sherman
- Tags: #API-Imported

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Sheepshead Bites’ Business Manager Robert Fernandez found these berries on the corner of Avenue Y and East 15th Street and, with a little research on the interwebs, I learned that they are an invasive species of plant called “*[Ampelopsis brevipedunculata](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis%5Fbrevipedunculata?ref=bklyner.com)*,” otherwise known as “the porcelain berry.”

> \[The\] ornamental plant \[is\] native to temperate areas of Asia. It is generally similar to, and potentially confused with, grape species (*genus Vitis*) and other Ampelopsis species.

> \[…\]

> The strange blue color of the berries is due to an *anthocyanidins-flavonols copigmentation* phenomenon.

We’ll take your word for it, Wikipedia.

Photo by Robert Fernandez.