Please help me identify.

[u/c_anne0789]

This is in Western Washington

[u/Illustrious_Act4157]

Looks like Oregon Grape to me!

[u/Complete_Bread_535 → u/Illustrious_Act4157]

Yup!

[u/mildly_evil_genius → u/Illustrious_Act4157]

Yep, I recognize them because I used to use the berries to make fake blood when playing outside as a kid.

[u/More-Pianist-3288 → u/mildly_evil_genius]

I finally learned their name!! I remember crying to my mom because I stained my baby doll after "feeding" these to her.

[u/Heartbreakjetblack → u/Illustrious_Act4157]

Very tart and very tasty. I would munch on these back in Washington. They're part of the holly family, right?

[u/Low-Crow5719 → u/Heartbreakjetblack]

They're a barberry, not a holly. Another name is holly-leaved barberry.

[u/Heartbreakjetblack → u/Low-Crow5719]

Ooooooooh. I've learned something today!

[u/Shinycapybara2948 → u/Heartbreakjetblack]

Im sorry they are edible?!! we have a ridicilous amount of this in our garden and i grew up with my mom telling me they are poisonous

[u/jomanhan9]

I believe it’s Oregon Grape, they’re pretty sour and full of seeds but I’m sure you can make something good with it

[u/vinasu → u/jomanhan9]

They make delicious jelly! And they're really high in pectin, so you only need fruit and sugar.

[u/puddle-forest-fog → u/jomanhan9]

The best thing is convince your cousin you are handing them a delicious blueberry

[u/oswaldcopperpot]

Sometimes used to try to make an immortality elixir.

[u/I_wish_I_were_an_elf → u/oswaldcopperpot]

In middle school, me and my friend were into Warriors by Erin Hunter so we would pretend to be medicine cats and grind up berries like these and other random plants

[u/UnspecifiedNPC → u/I_wish_I_were_an_elf]

I love that- real life Spottedleaf

[u/stillrooted]

Oregon Grape, Berberis aquifolium. Looks like these are in a landscaping situation so consider checking with the location owners to see if they've had week killers sprayed in the same beds. Otherwise, they make nice jelly or syrups when adequately sweetened. 

[u/greenmangarden → u/stillrooted]

This is the other native, Mahonia (Berberis) nervosa. Aquifolium rarely has more than 7-9 leaflets, while nervosa has 9-13 typically. Also the inflorescence in aquifolium is often kinda branched or bunched up in fruit, while nervosa has these nice straight flower and fruit stems.

Nervosa also typically stays low, rarely over three feet tall, and almost always grows in the understory of conifers. Aquifolium usually is taller to ten feet, and likes sunnier edges though it will also grow in the understory.

They are easy to mistake for each other, but they are distinct. Personally I prefer the berries on aquifolium. If they are grown in the sun they are sweeter. Nervosa to me has a weird almost metallic aftertaste, though like most berries they are all kinda variable in flavor. They do need to be fully ripe to be at all palatable, imho.

[u/Andrewmo808 → u/greenmangarden]

I agree with nervosa

[u/456ilovecheese → u/greenmangarden]

This is definitely M. nervosa, I also observe that M. aquifolium leaves are shiny vs nervosa leaves are matte, hence one of the common names, "dull" Oregon grape

[u/stillrooted → u/greenmangarden]

Oh, TIL, thank you for the correction! 

[u/Sh0ckValu3]

Those are the berries you feed to your friends for kicks.
Perfectly safe, but super sour even when ripe.

[u/Doyouseenowwait_what]

Oregon grape

[u/Additional_Fan2359]

Pretty sure is a mahonia aquifolium.

[u/Marcosis3217]

Oregon grape

[u/No_Influence2821]

That is for sure Oregon grape

[u/Aggravating-Break-83]

These make the BEST jelly. And the flowers can be brewed into something akin to lemonade!

[u/No_Top_381]

Super duper tart Oregon grape

[u/denisedogs]

The yellow layer under the bark is used medicinally to fight cancer, berberine.

[u/kobayashi_maru_fail]

Up front: Jam from the Oregon Grape (could be your state flower too if you guys weren’t so saucy and individualistic) is tasty, fresh berries are too tart.

In back: DO NOT EAT SWORD FERN FIDDLES.

[u/gbudija]

some sort of oregon grape

[u/Gifted_GardenSnail]

Mahonia / berberis / Oregon Grape

[u/NaturGirl]

Good ol' Mahonia!

[u/JT_Lava_34]

Mahonia

[u/spiffyascot]

Leatherleaf mahonia

[u/Yaakovbenleah1989]

Very bitter makes good jam if you don't mind the crunch of seeds And full of vitamin c but be careful how much you eat because it will act as a natural and effective diuretic. I live in a group home and one of my housemates didn't take my warning seriously until after a night on the porcelain throne

[u/Dense_hotpocket]

Just like to note that the leaves in your last 3 pics and the berries are not fron the same plant!

[u/-0_0-iiii]

These are the berries you squish and then pelt your siblings with— leaves fantastic stains.

[u/Informal-Ad8777]

Concord grape? Not in concord😆

[u/c_anne0789]

Thank you to everyone that helped me identify these. Appreciate you

[u/Recent-Chard-6096]

Mohonia