The name inkberry was given to the plant because of the strong stain of the berry juice which was sometimes used for ink.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls] Reference

It was as if, instead of clipping a photo of sophora, sea lavender, or inkberry to the side of my easel, I had clipped this very photograph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duma Key]

Among the groomed inkberry hedgerows and white picket fences of Provincetown's West End sits the rambling Cape Cod-style Red Inn. The hotel's eight rooms are traditional, with wide-plank ceilings, pine floors, and wrought-iron beds.    From Wordnik.com.  [CapeCodToday Blog Chowder] Reference

'inkberry').    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

Here is a part of Mr. Kennard's list: shad-bush, gray, silky, and red osier, cornel, dangleberry, huckleberry, inkberry, black alder, bayberry, shining, smooth, and staghorn sumachs, large-flowering currant, thimbleberry, blackberry, elder, snowberry, dwarf bilberry, blueberry, black haw, hobblebush, and arrow-wood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bird Study Book] Reference