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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus canadensis   FAMILY Viburnaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-06-001:

Sambucus canadensis   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Sambucus canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sambucus canadensis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sambucus simpsonii

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Elderberry, American Elder


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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2372_s_canadens

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_915

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_saca12_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0005e_31

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0206b_09a

June    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0306f_17

June    Greenville County    SC

Many small, white, fragrant flowers gathered in large flat-topped clusters, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

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JK Marlow    jkm0406f_28

June    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm070601_003

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm070601_012

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm070601_019

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm0407k_26

July    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    s040713_d

July    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

Leaves with 5-11 coarsely toothed leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    s040713_e

July    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

Leaflets occasionally subdivided or lobed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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Gill Newberry    gn08_s_canadensis_berries

August        

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Gill Newberry    gn08_s_canadensis_habitat

August        

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Gill Newberry    gn08_s_lvs_and_fr

August        

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JK Marlow    jkm0308r_19

August    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

Fruits dark purplish-black or black, borne in flat-topped clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).


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JK Marlow    jkm060805_110

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm060805_117

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sambucus canadensis   FAMILY Viburnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-06-001:
Sambucus canadensis   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sambucus canadensis var. canadensis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sambucus canadensis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sambucus simpsonii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1310

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland and riparian forests, streambanks, thickets, marshes, swamps, seeps, spring runs, mesic upland forests, pond margins, pastures, fencerows, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-11 leaflets
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 sepals, very small
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Purplish/Blackish
Berry

 

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