Pasture Plant - Pokeberry

Hermitage, MO – Pokeberry, or similar names such as pokebush, pokeweed, dragonberries, or pokeroot, is a common pasture weed found throughout the Ozarks. American pokeweed is a species of open or edge habitats, especially where birds roost, as the seeds of this plant are a good food source for several species during the fall and winter months. It is often found in forest edge, fence rows, under power lines, pastures, old field, forest openings, and other open wastelands.