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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sambucus canadensis
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Elderberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Common Elderberry, American Elder
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2372_s_canadens
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
COMPARE
fruit of Elderberry species
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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 (11/30/12):
Sambucus canadensis
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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
1310
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on streambanks, in thickets, moist forests, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p382
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p260
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p082
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p125
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p100
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p320
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p017
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p060
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p125
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p183
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p241
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p268
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p310
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p05
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p312
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p318
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p243